Frozen concentrated milk and preparation thereof

US6207213A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nestac S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Michel John Arthur Groux · Lauperswil, CH
• Gilles Fayard · Épalinges, CH
• Antonio Jimenez-Laguna · Lausanne, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23C2260/154
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Frozen concentrated milk is prepared by introducing a concentrated milk, such as a concentrated whole or skim milk, into the barrel of an apparatus for extrusion of a product which contains at least one screw which is rotated for transport of the concentrated milk through the apparatus barrel for extrusion of product through an extrusion apparatus product exit die, and during the transport of the concentrated milk through the extrusion apparatus, the concentrated milk is cooled to a temperature of equal to or lower than -8.degree. C. to obtain, from the exit die, frozen concentrated milk.