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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1996
Yoshinori Komatsu, Miyazaki-ken, JP;
Tadashi Nakatsubo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Ohtomo, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tamotsu Kuwata, Saitama-ken, JP;
Mark Mitchell Davis, St. Peter, MN (US);
Martin Edward Davis, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Meiji Milk Products Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Davisco Foods International, Inc., Le Sueur, MN (US);
Abstract
A process for producing a calcium-supplemented milk drink, by adding to cow's milk, a whey mineral being of a calcium content of 2 to 8% by weight and produced by removing the protein and lactose from whey and concentrating the resulting whey by ultrafiltration and/or microfiltration. By the process, there is produced a calcium-supplemented milk drink having good flavor with no precipitate of calcium salts or being provided with attractive flavor, and being capable of passing through the sterilization process to be prepared into a commercially aseptic state.