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US 10,117,445 B2Granted
Frozen yogurt process
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorSinan Imer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a yogurt product that is frozen wherein the yogurt product comprising 50-100% fermented yogurt mix, preferably 80-100%, more preferably 90-100% fermented yogurt mix, and the degree of overrun of the mix is between 20 to 150% by volume, preferably 30-60%. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing such a product.
Claims9
A method for producing a yogurt product that is frozen comprising the steps of:
- providing a yogurt mix comprising dairy components and at least one component selected from the group consisting of:
- sweetening agent, stabilizer and water;
- blending the yogurt mix;
- pasteurizing the blended yogurt mix;
- homogenizing the blended yogurt mix before or after the pasteurizing;
- heating the pasteurized and homogenized yogurt mix to 65-85° C. for 15-40 min to denature proteins;
- performing fermentation by cooling the heated yogurt mix to a specific incubation temperature of a fermentation organism and incubating with a yogurt culture comprising the fermentation organism to form a yogurt product that is 90-100% yogurt;
- agitating and cooling the yogurt product that is 90-100% yogurt to have a temperature between 3° C. and 10° C.;
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- freezing the agitated and cooled yogurt product that is 90-100% yogurt by feeding the agitated and cooled yogurt product through an ice-cream freezer to incorporate overrun of 30% to 60%.
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