System and process for harvesting substances from milk
AssigneeCreative Edge Design Group, Ltd.
InventorsGregory M. Soehnlen, Gregory R. Soehnlen, Daniel P. Soehnlen, Kevin Eddleman
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Abstract
A system and process of producing extended fresh, ambient fresh, milk while harvesting desired components from the milk is disclosed. The system and process use substantially less pressure and low heat that can capture and segregate many beneficial components such as proteins, as well as advantageously harvesting IgG, while still obtaining extended fresh milk, ambient fresh milk equivalent to the shelf life associated with conventional UHT processing, and all at a substantially lower cost.
Claims11
A system that separates substances from associated raw milk comprising:
- a separator configured to separate the associated raw milk into (i) associated cream and (ii) associated skim milk;
- a downstream filter of the downstream separator and configured to segregate associated fat globules, bacteria, and casein from the associated skim milk;
- wherein the downstream filter includes a first filter portion which is on the order of 1.4 microns for retaining the bacteria and fat globules as first filter portion retentate, the first filter portion retentate of the bacteria and fat globules is sent to a high heat treatment and subsequently added back to the associated cream, a first filter portion permeate is directed to a second filter portion which is on the order of 0.8 microns for separating remaining bacteria and casein, a second filter portion retentate is directed to high heat treatment and subsequently added to clean skim storage, and a second filter portion permeate is sent directly to clean skim storage.
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