Acidic beta-lactoglobulin beverage preparation
AssigneeArla Foods Amba
InventorsSøren Bang Nielsen, Kasper Bøgelund Lauridsen, Tanja Christine Jæger, Kåre Søndergaard, Guilherme De Moura Maciel, Hans Bertelsen, Behnaz Razi Parjikolaei
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a new packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation having a pH in the range of 2.0-4.7. The invention furthermore relates to a method of producing a packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation and to different uses of the packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation.
Claims24
A packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation having a pH in the range of 2-4.7, the beverage preparation comprising:
- a total amount of protein of 5 to 45% w/w relative to the weight of the beverage preparation, wherein at least 85% w/w of the total amount of protein is beta-lactoglobulin (BLG),
- wherein the beverage preparation optionally further comprises a sweetener, sugar polymers and/or flavour,
- wherein the beverage preparation has a degree of protein denaturation of at most 10%, and
- wherein the beverage preparation is at least pasteurized.
A method of producing a packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation having a pH in the range of 2-4.7, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a liquid solution comprising a total amount of protein of 5 to 45% w/w relative to the weight of the liquid solution, wherein at least 85% of the total amount of protein is BLG, having a pH in the range of 2-4.7,
- wherein the liquid solution optionally further comprises a sweetener, sugar polymers and/or flavour,
- wherein the liquid solution has a degree of protein denaturation of at most 10%,
- b) packaging the liquid solution, wherein the liquid solution of step a) and/or the packaged liquid solution of step b) is subjected to a heat-treatment comprising at least pasteurization.
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