MILK SUBSTITUTE PREPARED WITH WHEY OR WHEY AND ADDED LACTOSE

• Main Authors: WYSS HEINZ, ENGEL HANS, KUSLYS MARTINAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.05.2004
• 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

A MILK SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITION IS PREPARED WITH WHEY SOLIDS OR WHEY SOLIDS AND ADDED LACTOSE BY DISSOLVING A WHEY SOLIDS POWDER IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM CONTAINING CALCIUM SEQUESTERING AGENT AND CARRAGEENATE COMPONENTS AT A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY FROM 30°C TO 65°C AND THEN, IN A SECOND STEP, AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE, A SKIMMED MILK SOLIDS POWDER IS DISSOLVED IN THE WHEY-CONTAINING MEDIUM, AND BEFORE AND/OR AFTER DISSOLVING THE SKIMMED MILK SOLIDS POWDER, THE WHEY SOLIDS ARE ALLOWED TO SOAK IN THE AQUEOUS LIQUID PHASE OF THE COMPOSITION SO PREPARED FOR FROM 10 MINUTES TO 4 HOURS FOR HYDRATING THE WHEY SOLIDS. WHEN LACTOSE IS USED, THE AMOUNT OF WHEY SOLIDS POWDER EMPLOYED MAY BE REDUCED BY ABOUT HALF.