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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1994
John D Miller, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alan R Rausch, Cortland, NY (US);
Kenneth M Williamson, Jamesville, NY (US);
Peter J Degen, Huntington, NY (US);
Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of reducing the butterfat content of a liquid milk product comprising (a) providing a coalescing medium having a critical wetting surface tension of no more than about 50 dynes/cm, preferably a fibrous coalescing medium with an average fiber diameter of up to about 50 microns and a sheet weight of about 5 to about 30 oz/yd.sup.2, (b) passing a liquid milk product containing butterfat through the coalescing medium at a flow rate of about 1 to about 20 gpm/ft.sup.2 coalescing medium surface area to form coalesced butterfat particles and reduced-butterfat content liquid milk product, and (c) separating the coalesced butterfat particles from the reduced-butterfat content liquid milk product.