Use of a starch mixture in a dairy product

• Main Authors: PORA, Bernard, TAO, Jingling, HASJIM, Jovin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.2022
• Subjects: DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a dairy product comprising a starch mixture, the starch mixture consisting of: (a) a native buckwheat starch, and (b) optionally a second native starch selected from the group consisting of waxy maize starch, maize starch, tapioca starch, waxy tapioca starch, potato starch, waxy potato starch, sweet potato starch, waxy sweet potato starch, rice starch, waxy rice starch, millet starch, amaranth starch, arrowroot starch, lotus root starch, quinoa starch, and mixtures thereof, preferably potato starch, tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. The present invention also relates to a process of fabricating the dairy product. The starch mixture enables to offer the required properties for the dairy product of the present invention in terms of texture improvement, viscosity stability, shear tolerance and/or acid tolerance. Furthermore, the starch mixture prevents lump formation and sandiness texture in the finished dairy product.