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Process for adjusting the ash balance of cow's milk and other milks and simultaneously removing minerals from the same

US4146456A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1977
Grant dateMar 27, 1979
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Expiry dateDec 19, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23C9/146
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cow's milk and/or its analogues are demineralized and the ash balance thereof adjusted with ion-exchange membrane electrodialysis apparatus. The method comprises demineralizing cow's milk or its analogues in a first stage consisting of one or more of electrodialysis stacks at a demineralization rate of below 50 percent, then further demineralizing thus obtained milk in a second stage consisting of one or more of electrodialysis stacks at a demineralization rate of more than 60%, transferring thus demineralized milk to concentration compartments consisting of one or more of electrodialysis stacks of the first stage, then discharging the milk which was adjusted.

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