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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Stephen Thomas Dybing, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Ganugapati Vijaya Bhaskar, Palmerston North, NZ;
Francis Patrick Dunlop, Palmerston North, NZ;
Anthony Michael Fayerman, Palmerston North, NZ;
Michael John Whitton, Palmerston North, NZ;
Stephen Thomas Dybing, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Ganugapati Vijaya Bhaskar, Palmerston North, NZ;
Francis Patrick Dunlop, Palmerston North, NZ;
Anthony Michael Fayerman, Palmerston North, NZ;
Michael John Whitton, Palmerston North, NZ;
New Zealand Dairy Board, Wellington, NZ;
Abstract
The method of the invention produces modified milk protein concentrates using cation exchange to replace divalent ions with monovalent ions. The modified milk protein concentrate produced may be converted into a gel which may be a cheese-like product itself, or used to make end products such as cheeses, cheese-like products, savory products, desserts, confectionary products and intermediate food products.