Process for preparing a particulate dairy composition and a particulate dairy composition so obtained

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11185085-B2
Application number	US-201716349900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 15, 2016
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A process for preparing a particulate dairy composition is provided, which comprises (a) combining condensed skimmed milk, sucrose, milk cream and milk powder to prepare a pre-emulsion containing 46-66 wt. % dry matter; (b) homogenizing the pre-emulsion; (c) spray drying the emulsion to produce a semi-dried powder having a water content of at least 5 wt. % water; and (d) agglomerating and further drying the semi-dried powder to produce agglomerates having a water content of less than 5 wt. % water. The process yields a particulate dairy composition that is particularly suitable for use in creamer capsules. Particulate dairy compositions are also disclosed, comprising (A) 77.5-100 wt. % of agglomerates containing, calculated by dry weight of the agglomerates: (i) 15-29 wt. % of milk protein; (ii) 8-33 wt. % of milk fat; (iii) 18-47 wt. % of lactose; and (iv) 7-18 wt. % of sucrose; and (B) 0-22.5 wt. % of sucrose particles, wherein the composition has a poured bulk density of 380-550 g/l.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process for preparing a particulate dairy composition, wherein the process comprises:
(a) combining condensed skimmed milk, sucrose, milk cream and milk powder to prepare a pre-emulsion comprising 46-66 wt. % dry matter comprising, by weight of dry matter:
(i) 15-29 wt. % milk protein;
(ii) 8-33 wt. % milk fat;
(iii) 18-47 wt. % lactose; and
(iv) 7-18 wt. % sucrose;

(b) homogenizing the pre-emulsion at a temperature between 55-70° C. and at a pressure between 5-120 bar to obtain an emulsion;
(c) spray drying the emulsion to produce a semi-dried powder having a water content of at least 5 wt. %; and
(d) further drying the semi-dried powder to produce agglomerates having a water content of less than 5 wt. %.

2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-emulsion is prepared by:
(I) mixing the condensed skimmed milk with the sucrose to obtain a mixture A;
(II) mixing the mixture A with the milk cream to obtain a mixture B;
(III) mixing the mixture B with the milk powder to obtain the pre-emulsion.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-emulsion is prepared by combining:
(I) 7-44 parts by weight condensed skimmed milk;
(II) 5-15 parts by weight sucrose;
(III) 10-57 parts by weight milk powder;
(IV) 10-40 parts by weight milk cream.

4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-emulsion comprises 48-64 wt. % dry matter.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the spray-drying is performed using a nozzle pressure of 80-120 bar.

6. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerates have a D[3,2] mean diameter of 50-250 μm.

7. The process according to claim 1 , further comprising (e) mixing 77.5-99 parts by weight of the agglomerates with 1-22.5 parts by weight of sucrose particles.

Assignees

• Frieslandcampina Nederland Bv

Inventors

• Anton Ivan Anton
• Lindqvist Anders Erik Ingmar
• Van Seeventer Paul Bastiaan

Classifications

• A23C9/1307

  Milk products or derivatives; Fruit or vegetable juices; Sugars, sugar alcohols, sweeteners; Oligosaccharides; Organic acids or salts thereof or acidifying agents; Flavours, dyes or pigments; Inert or aerosol gases; Carbonation methods · CPC title

• A23C9/16 Primary

  Agglomerating or granulating milk powder; Making instant milk powder; Products obtained thereby (A23C9/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A23F5/14

  using additives, e.g. milk or sugar; Coating (flavouring A23F5/46) · CPC title

• A23P10/20

  Agglomerating; Granulating; Tabletting · CPC title

• A23C2210/40

  Microencapsulation; Encapsulation of particles · CPC title