US 12,439,932 B2
Method and a system for producing a UHT milk product by direct UHT heating
Bozena Malmgren, Lund (SE)
Assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 18/251,952
Filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/083015
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/122401, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20213421 (EP), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016169 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A23B 11/137 (2025.01)
CPC A23B 11/137 (2025.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a UHT milk product by direct UHT heating, the method comprising the following steps performed in sequential order:
feeding milk into a heating device,
heating the milk by the heating device to increase a temperature of the milk to a first temperature within a range of 135 to 137° C.,
maintaining the milk inside the heating device at the first temperature for a first time within a range of 30 to 120 sec,
feeding the heated milk into a homogenizing device, and
homogenizing the heated milk by the homogenizing device, thereby producing the UHT milk product.