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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Clinton Kent, Evanston, IL (US);
Mark Kijowski, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce Campbell, Glenview, IL (US);
Jochen Klaus Pfeifer, Evanston, IL (US);
Christopher Burl Smith, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Rashad Bahrani, Libertyville, IL (US);
Joy Lee, Glenview, IL (US);
Tim Nellenback, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Rashida Uchefuna Byrd, Chicago, IL (US);
William Zaikos, Chicago, IL (US);
Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides processes for making a stable cheese product supplemented with functionally enhanced whey protein. In a preferred embodiment of these methods, the cheese product is cream cheese. The added whey protein is functionally enhanced by exposing cheese curds or dairy liquids containing the whey protein to controlled heat treatment and/or treatment at high shear rates. The invention further provides a stable cheese product that is characteristic of a particular variety of cheese and that is supplemented with functionally enhanced whey protein. In a preferred embodiment, the supplemented cheese product is cream cheese.