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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Alan F. Wolfschoon-pombo, Freising, DE;
Thomas L. Spiegel, Munich, DE;
Alan F. Wolfschoon-Pombo, Freising, DE;
Thomas L. Spiegel, Munich, DE;
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with the incorporation of whey proteins into foodstuffs by acidifying an aqueous solution of one or more whey proteins below their isoelectric pH, optionally forming a whey protein-stabilized fatty emulsion by blending and homogenizing said acidified solution of whey proteins with one or more fats, heat-treating said acidified solution or whey protein-stabilized fatty emulsion and blending same with a foodstuff base to form a foodstuff, and optionally blending and incubating the food stuff with transglutaminase.