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US 11,484,039 B2Granted
Process for treating milk
AssigneeNaturo Pty Ltd
InventorJeffrey John Hastings
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Abstract
A process for treating milk including the steps of: a homogenization step wherein the milk is maintained at a temperature of below about 60° C.; and, a high pressure processing step, wherein the milk is subjected to an elevated pressure above about 350 MPa wherein the elevated pressure of the high pressure processing step does not induce an increase in the temperature of the milk in excess of a limiting temperature of about 60° C. during the high pressure processing step.
Claims19
A process for treating milk, comprising:
- homogenizing the milk while maintaining the milk at a temperature less than 60° C.;
- and
- subjecting the homogenized milk to an elevated pressure greater than about 350 MPa, wherein the elevated pressure induces an increase in a temperature of the homogenized milk between a bottom temperature of at least 45° C. and a limiting temperature of 60° C. such that the temperature of the homogenized milk does not exceed the limiting temperature of 60° C. while the homogenized milk is subjected to the elevated pressure.
A process for treating milk, comprising:
- storing milk obtained from an animal at a storage temperature between 0° C. and 4° C.;
- clarifying the milk;
- homogenizing the milk at a temperature between 50° C. and 55° C.;
- packaging the homogenized milk into sealed containers;
- cooling the sealed containers to cool the homogenized milk in the sealed containers to an initial temperature;
- immersing the sealed containers in a fluid;
- subjecting the fluid to pressure such that the homogenized milk packaged in the sealed containers is subjected to an elevated pressure of at least 500 MPa, wherein the elevated pressure induces an increase in a temperature of the homogenized milk in the sealed containers between a bottom limit temperature of 50° C. and an upper limit temperature of 55° C. while the homogenized milk packaged in the sealed containers is subjected to the elevated pressure;
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- cooling the sealed containers to cool the homogenized milk in the sealed containers to a temperature less than 4° C. after subjecting the homogenized milk packaged into sealed containers to the elevated pressure.
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