PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN COMPOSITION FROM A DAIRY STREAM AND ITS USE AS AN INGREDIENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CHEESE.

摘要

The invention described is a process for manufacturing a dairy ingredient particularly suited for use in cheese manufacture. The process involves treating a dairy stream under conditions to form a protein concentrate and serum. The stream may optionally be split and different conditions/reactants used in each separate stream to modify the entrained proteins before the separate streams are recombined. The protein concentrate is solublised before being recombined with the serum. The mono-di-valent cation content of the protein conentrate may be adjusted as the protein concentrate is solublised. The ingredient produced can be used in the manufacture of cheese products.