Milk-based product
AssigneeValio Ltd.
InventorsHarri Kallioinen, Saara Lähtevänoja
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a milk-based product, comprising the steps of: providing a milk raw material; altering a ratio of casein to total protein of the milk raw material to less than about 0.80; subjecting the milk raw material with the altered ratio of casein to total protein from step b) to a heat treatment at the temperature of at least about 150° C. for a period of at most about 0.3 sec; cooling the heat-treated milk raw material from step c) to provide the milk-based product. The method provides milk-based products with long shelf life and good organoleptic properties.
Claims19
1-19. (canceled)
A milk-based product comprising:
- an altered casein/total protein ratio of less than about 0.80;
- a fat content of 0.05 to 10%;
- a protein content of about 0.9 to about 20%;
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- a plasmin activity of less than about 22 μmol/gh.
A milk-based product comprising:
- an altered casein/total protein ratio of less than about 0.80;
- a fat content of 0.05 to 10%;
- a protein content of about 0.9 to about 20%;
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- a plasmin activity of less than about 6 μmol/gh.
A milk-based product comprising:
- an altered casein/total protein ratio of less than about 0.80;
- a fat content of 0.05 to 10%;
- and
- a protein content of about 0.9 to about 20%;
- wherein the milk-based product has no plasmin activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.