Process for producing low microbial count milk products
AssigneeDMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH
InventorSven-Rainer Döring
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Abstract
A process is proposed for producing low microbial count whole milk products, in which (a1) optionally, the milk product from which microbes are to be removed is subjected to a heat pre-treatment in a heat exchanger and warmed to temperatures in the range from 25 to 30° C., (a2) the optionally pre-treated milk product is heated by infusion to temperatures from 50 to 75° C., and pasteurized in the course thereof, and (a3) the pasteurized product is cooled by flash cooling. A similar method is likewise disclosed for producing low microbial count skimmed milk products which, as the most important intermediate step, further additionally contains the process of separating off the cream.
Claims18
A process for producing low microbial count milk products, comprising the following steps:
- (a1) subjecting a milk product to be reduced in microbes to a temperature treatment in a heat exchanger and heating to temperatures in the range from about 25 to about 30° C.,
- (a2) heating and simultaneously pasteurizing the product of step (a1) to about 25 to about 30° C. via steam infusion, and
- (a3) cooling the pasteurized product is of step (a2) by flash cooling.
A process for producing low microbial count milk products, comprising the following steps:
- (b1) subjecting a milk product to be reduced in microbes to a temperature in a heat exchanger and heating to temperatures in the range from about 25 to about 30° C.,
- (b2) heating the product of step (b1) to about 25 to about 30° C. by a first steam infusion,
- (b3) separating off the cream to obtain a skimmed milk product,
- (b4) heating and simultaneously pasteurizing the skimmed milk product of step (b3) to a temperature from about 50 to about 75° C. by a second steam infusion, and
- (b5) cooling the pasteurized product of step (b4) by flash cooling.
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