improved hetero and homofermentative lactic acid bacterial species compositions for preserving dual purpose silage

摘要

The present invention relates to a silage inoculant consisting essentially of: a) at least one bacterial species of compulsory heterofermentative lactic acid, or strain, and b) at least one bacterial homofermentative species, or strain, which (i) does not reduce the growth of a), and (ii) rapidly reduces ph without producing an excessive amount of lactic acid. further, the invention relates to a method for producing a fermented food product, said method comprising inoculating a plant material with the silage inoculant according to the invention. It has been surprisingly found that the silage inoculant is effective even if the silage has only been incubated for up to 2 or 4 days.