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Method of modifying the color of a dairy material

US6120820A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 1999
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23L5/49
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of producing a reduced color dairy product that includes separating a dairy material into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including at least about 30 weight percent, as determined by high pressure liquid chromatography at a detection wavelength of 280 nanometers, of the native and soluble protein from the dairy material and the second portion including at least about 50 weight percent of the coloring agent from the dairy material, and partially or fully deactivating at least some of the coloring agent present in the second portion.

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