Concentrating fermented dairy products
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsErwin Kaschmieder, Aulikki Kemppainen
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Abstract
A method and system for processing a fermented dairy product, including feeding, in a product feed conduit, fermented dairy product to a separator, separating the fermented dairy product into a heavy phase and a light phase, returning a part of the light phase to the product feed conduit, such that the returned part of the light phase is mixed with fermented dairy product that is fed into the separator, while another part of the light phase is removed from the fermented dairy product, such that the heavy phase forms a concentrated, fermented dairy product.
Claims9
A method for processing a fermented dairy product, the method comprising:
- feeding, via a product feed conduit connected to a centrifugal separator, fermented dairy product into the centrifugal separator,
- separating, with the centrifugal separator, the fermented dairy product into a heavy phase and a light phase,
- receiving, in a first light phase conduit, a first part of the separated light phase,
- receiving, in a second light phase conduit, a second part of the separated light phase, and
- receiving, in a heavy phase conduit, the heavy phase that is separated, and
- returning the second part of the light phase to the product feed conduit, such that the second part of the light phase is mixed with fermented dairy product that is fed into the centrifugal separator,
- the first part of the light phase thereby being removed from fermented dairy product fed into the centrifugal separator, such that the heavy phase forms a concentrated, fermented dairy product.
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