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US 9,167,824 B2Granted
Process for the preparation of a reduced lactose milk product
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 hydrolyzing 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 stabilizer, and/or an emulsifier to the milk.
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A process for preparing a reduced-lactose or lactose-free mammalian milk product comprising the steps of:
- (a) enzymatically hydrolysing the lactose present in mammalian milk which has not been subjected to any of filtration separation, membrane separation and chromatographic separation technology;
- (b) diluting the enzymatically hydrolysed milk with water to reduce the sweetness imparted by the presence of glucose and galactose;
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- (c) reformulating the diluted enzymatically hydrolysed milk to provide a reduced-lactose or lactose-free milk product;
- wherein the process does not use by-products, including permeate and retentate of filtration technology.
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