LIQUID COLOSTRUM FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS

摘要

The present invention relates to dairy compositions and, more particularly, to dairy compositions containing colostrum. The applicant has discovered that colostrum can be processed so as to reduce the bioburden of liquid colostrum while retaining the biological activity of certain proteins including the immunoglobulin fraction. By this process it is possible to introduce liquid colostrum into pasteurised and unpasteurised dairy products. In a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a process for the preparation of a liquid colostrum product, suitable for inclusion in dairy products, which process includes subjecting colostrum to centrifugation to substantially reduce the microbial content thereof. In a second aspect of the present invention there is provived a method of preparing a dairy composition including undenatured antibodies and/or growth factors which method includes adding to a dairy product a liquid colostrum product.