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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2020
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited, Auckland City, NZ;
Alice Matgorzata Smialowska, Auckland City, NZ;
Jonathan Alfred Depree, Auckland City, NZ;
Mark Pritchard, Auckland City, NZ;
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED, Auckland City, NZ;
Abstract
The description relates to food products comprising heat-treated liquid milk protein concentrates, and methods of producing and using these milk protein concentrates and food products. In particular, methods for preparing protein-containing food products are described, comprising providing a heat-treated, liquid milk protein concentrate that has been produced directly from fresh, liquid milk, the milk protein concentrate comprising at least about 6 % total protein by weight, preferably up to about 25 % total protein by weight, and at least about 50 % total protein by weight relative to total solids non-fat, wherein the milk protein concentrate after storage for at least about three months at a temperature of about 20° C. has no apparent gelation, and mixing the milk protein concentrate with one or more additional ingredients to produce the protein-containing food product.