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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Calpis Food Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 34 ; 426 43 ; 426584 ; 426590 ; 426522 ;
Abstract
A fermented milk drink having a stable milky white appearance is prepared by adjusting the solids content and pH of a fermented milk to a solids-not-fat content of 0.5 to 2.5% and a pH of 3.00 to 3.45, heating the resultant adjusted fermented milk to a temperature above 60.degree. C. to dissolve milk protein therein, cooling the heated fermented milk and adjusting the pH to 3.5 to 3.8, and heating the fermented milk having a pH of 3.5 to 3.8 to a temperature above 60.degree. C. to cause re-formation of milk protein particles of relatively uniform small particle size to produce the fermented milk drink.