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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a., Pully, CH;
Hoang Hathuc, Bradenton, FL (US);
Arnab Sarkar, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Rei-Young Amos Wu, Palatine, IL (US);
Bozena Malmgren, Pully, CH;
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A method and system for forming a beverage mixture comprising protein is disclosed. The method comprises heating the beverage in a heat exchanger, transferring the beverage to a hold loop located outside of the heat exchanger, and denaturizing the protein within the hold loop for a residence time, after the beverage is heated in the heat exchanger such that the denaturizing occurs outside of the heat exchanger to prevent fouling of the heat exchanger. The system comprises a beverage forming tank, a heat exchanger for heating the beverage, and a first hold loop separate from the heat exchanger, which is configured to hold the beverage for a residence time to denaturize a protein in the beverage.