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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
Tadayasu Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuichi Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenori Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for improving the quality of whey protein, characterized by maintaining whey protein solution at a pH of from 8.5 to 11.5 and a temperature of from 35.degree. to 50.degree. C., adding to the solution a mixture of at least one acid selected from citric acid, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, phytic acid and oxalic acid with at least one acid selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, succinic acid and maleic acid so as to adjust the pH of the solution to 6-8. By the process of this invention, it is possible to obtain a whey protein having improved brittleness and excellent bending strength.