Reduced lactose milk product and a process for the preparation thereof
AssigneeGlanbia Nutritionals (Ireland) Ltd.
InventorsDenis CARRIGAN, Erika CURRAN, Denise KEEHAN, Richard WHITE
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Abstract
A process for preparing a low-lactose or lactose free mammalian milk product comprises the steps of enzymatically hydrolysing the lactose present in mammalian milk, diluting the milk with a lactose-reduced liquid, and adding one or more of a protein, a mineral, a vitamin, a gum, a starch, a stabiliser, and/or an emulsifier to the milk.
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A process for preparing a low-lactose or lactose free mammalian milk product comprising the steps of:—
- (a) enzymatically hydrolysing the lactose present in mammalian milk;
- (b) diluting the milk with a lactose-reduced liquid;
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- (c) adding one or more of a protein, a mineral, a vitamin, a gum, a starch, a stabiliser, and/or an emulsifier to the milk.
A milk product comprising less than 1% w/v of lactose, the milk product containing glucose, galactose and an amount of from 5% w/v to 75% w/v of added lactose-reduced liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.