Dairy compositions and method of making

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10455846-B2
Application number	US-201615369731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2016
Priority date	Aug 27, 2002
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk and utilizing the separated components to form blended dairy compositions. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of one or more components separated from milk. The compositions of the present invention can optionally include non-essential but nutritionally functional components.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for making a dairy composition, the method comprising:
subjecting milk to an ultrafiltration step to produce a UF permeate fraction and a UF retentate fraction;
subjecting the UF permeate fraction to a nanofiltration step to produce a NF permeate fraction and a NF retentate fraction;
subjecting the NF permeate to a reverse osmosis step to produce a RO permeate fraction and a RO retentate fraction;
combining the UF retentate fraction with at least one of water or the RO permeate fraction to form a mixture;
subjecting the mixture to a diafiltration step to produce a DF permeate fraction and a DF retentate fraction;
combining the DF retentate fraction with the NF retentate fraction and the RO retentate fraction to form a blended composition; and
treating the blended composition with lactase enzyme to form a dairy composition having a lactose content of 0.1 to 1 wt. %.

2. The method claim 1 , wherein the UF retentate fraction is combined with water to form the mixture.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UF retentate fraction is combined with the NF permeate fraction to form the mixture.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UF retentate fraction is combined with the RO permeate fraction to form the mixture.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises subjecting the DF retentate fraction to a second diafiltration step to produce a second DF permeate fraction and a second DF retentate fraction.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DF retentate fraction is combined with the UF retentate fraction and the RO retentate fraction to form a blended composition.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DF retentate fraction is combined with the UF retentate fraction and the RO permeate fraction to form a blended composition.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DF retentate fraction is combined with the UF permeate fraction and the RO retentate fraction to form a blended composition.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises combining the UF retentate fraction with the UF permeate fraction and the RO retentate fraction.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises combining the UF retentate fraction with the UF permeate fraction and the RO permeate fraction.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises heat treating the blended composition prior to treating the blended composition with the lactase enzyme.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blended composition has a fat content of less than or equal to 0.2 wt. %.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blended composition has a fat content of from 1.85 to 2.1 wt. %.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blended composition has a protein content of from 5.7 to 6.1 wt. %.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blended composition has a protein content of from 4.2 to 4.5 wt. %.

Assignees

• Fairlife Llc

Inventors

• Ur-Rehman Shakeel
• Dunker John M
• Mccloskey Michael J
• Gomez Timothy J
• Seguin Richard J

Classifications

• A23C9/12

  Fermented milk preparations; Treatment using microorganisms or enzymes · CPC title

• A23C9/1422 Primary

  by ultrafiltration, microfiltration or diafiltration of milk, e.g. for separating protein and lactose; Treatment of the UF permeate · CPC title

• A23C2220/10

  Enzymatic treatment · CPC title

• A23C9/14 Primary

  in which the chemical composition of the milk is modified by non-chemical treatment · CPC title

• A23C9/1512

  containing isolated milk or whey proteins, caseinates or cheese; Enrichment of milk products with milk proteins in isolated or concentrated form, e.g. ultrafiltration retentate · CPC title