Allergy treatment using acid treated aqueous whey protein extract
AssigneeDairy Australia Limited
InventorsIrmeli Auli Penttila, Ian Robert Mitchell
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Abstract
The invention relates to manufacture of whey protein extracts, to infant formula and to reducing or preventing food allergy. The whey protein extract is produced from a whey protein-containing composition by contacting a whey protein-containing composition with an aqueous solution to form a sample including a soluble protein-containing component and an insoluble component; recovering the soluble protein-containing component from the sample; and acidifying the soluble protein-containing component, thereby producing the whey protein extract. Extracts produced by the method of the invention may be used in infant formula, as a dietary supplement or foodstuff.
Claims8
A process for the production of a whey protein extract from a whey protein-containing composition, said process comprising:
- contacting a whey protein-containing composition with an aqueous solution, thereby forming a sample including a soluble protein-containing component and an insoluble component;
- recovering the soluble protein-containing component from the sample;
- acidifying the soluble protein-containing component;
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- neutralizing the acidified soluble protein-containing component;
- thereby forming the whey protein extract, wherein the whey protein containing composition is whey protein concentrate (WPC), and the WPC is WPC 80.
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