Claims
- 1. An apparatus for pasteurizing a liquid whole egg product, comprising:
- (a) an egg yolk product line;
- (b) an egg white product line;
- (c) first pumping means connected to said egg yolk product line for establishing an egg yolk product stream in said egg yolk product line;
- (d) second pumping means connected to said egg white product line for establishing an egg white product stream in said egg white product line;
- (e) a heater connected to said egg yolk product line for heating said egg yolk product stream to a first predetermined temperature;
- (f) recombining means connected to said egg yolk product line after said heater and connected to said egg white product line for producing a whole egg product stream from said egg yolk product stream and said egg white product stream; and
- (g) a whole egg product line connected to said recombining means for receiving said whole egg product stream.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a holding section in said whole egg product line.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an aseptic filler connected to said whole egg product line.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recombining means comprises an injector.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said heater comprises a heated surface heat exchanger.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a chromatography column connected to said egg yolk product line, said chromatography column containing cyclodextrin immobilized on a solid support.
- 7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second pumping means comprises a positive displacement pump.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of co-pending prior application Ser. No. 07/468,066, filed with the U.S. Patent Office on Jan. 23, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,019,407.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (3)
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Kline, L. et al., "Heat Pasteurization of Raw Liquid Egg White," Food Technology 19, 105 (Nov. 1965). |
Sugihara et al., "Heat Pasteurization of Liquid Whole Egg," Food Technology 20, No. 8, 100 (Aug. 1966) (Reprint). |
Seymour Catalogue Sheets from Seymour Model Number 103 Automatic Egg Breaker/Separator (4 pages), date unknown. |
Divisions (1)
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