FOOD COMPOSITION, CONTAINING LACTOCOCCUS STRAIN AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, FOR ALLEVIATING HANGOVER

초록

The present invention relates to a food composition for alleviating hangovers, the food composition containing, as an active ingredient, at least one strain selected from the group consisting of Lactococcus chungangensis, Lactococcus fujiensis, Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, and Lactococcus raffinolactis, or a culture liquid thereof culture medium. Specifically, functional cream cheese is prepared using five species of Lactococcus strains above having the ability to decompose ethanol and acetaldehyde. Such functional cream cheese is preferably used for a functional health food for alleviating hangovers, and extensively, acetaldehyde, which is an ethanol decomposition product, is decomposed to minimize the accumulation of acetaldehyde that may cause cancer in the body. In addition, the functional cream cheese, as a cheese starter for lowering a unit cost compared with cream cheese available in the market, can be differentiated from cream cheeses sold in the market.