US 11,089,790 B2
Modification of dry matter composition and/or dry matter content of milk or cream
Antti Heino, Helsinki (FI); and Riitta Partanen, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to VALIO LTD., Helsinki (FI)
Appl. No. 16/62,805
Filed by VALIO LTD, Helsinki (FI)
PCT Filed Dec. 15, 2016, PCT No. PCT/FI2016/050875
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/103334, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 20155957 (FI), filed on Dec. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0191731 A1, Jun. 27, 2019
Int. Cl. A23C 9/142 (2006.01); A23C 13/12 (2006.01); A23C 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A23C 9/1422 (2013.01) [A23C 9/1427 (2013.01); A23C 13/12 (2013.01); A23C 15/06 (2013.01); A23C 2210/20 (2013.01); A23C 2210/206 (2013.01); A23C 2210/252 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
 
1. A method of modification of dry matter composition of milk, comprising the steps of:
providing raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 3% w/w to about 60% w/w,
modifying a dry matter composition of the raw milk by microfiltration combined with diafiltration using an aqueous solution substantially free of protein as diawater, to provide a modified raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 35% w/w to about 60% w/w based on the total weight of the modified raw milk, and at least one of a protein content of at most 3% (w/w) and carbohydrate content of at most 4% (w/w) based on a fat-free portion of the modified raw milk.