Thickening system for products prepared with milk
AssigneeKraft Foods Global Brands LLC
InventorKieran P. Spelman
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Abstract
A dry mix thickening system for preparation of a beverage product containing milk comprises a buffer, a hydrocolloid, and a chelating agent comprising tetrasodium pyrophosphate. When the dry mix thickening system is added to milk, viscosity builds within about 20 seconds to about 90 seconds to provide a thickened beverage product, without forming insoluble aggregates of the hydrocolloid. No heating is required. In addition, the only shear required to incorporate the dry mix thickening system into the milk is manual stirring.
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A dry mix for preparation of a thickened beverage product containing milk, comprising a buffer, a hydrocolloid, a chelating agent comprising tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and substantially no starch to build viscosity, the hydrocolloid present in an amount of about 0.2 g to about 0.6 g per about 200 mL to about 240 mL of the thickened beverage product, the chelating agent present in an amount of about 0.15 g to about 0.2 g per about 200 mL to about 240 mL of the thickened beverage product, and the thickened beverage having a viscosity of about 50 cP to about 90 cP.
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