Claims
- 1. A process for the production of a fat-containing milk powder, the process comprising:
preparing a standardized milk, feeding the prepared standardized milk into an evaporator having at least one stage to obtain a pre-concentrate, homogenizing the pre-concentrate, further evaporating the pre-concentrate in an evaporator having at least one stage to obtain a concentrate having a total solids content of at least 50% by weight, and then spray drying the concentrate to form the powder.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the pre-concentrate is homogenized at a total solids content of 20 to 50% by weight.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein after further evaporation the pre-concentrate has a total solids content of 55 to 60% by weight.
- 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the pre-concentrate is homogenized in two stages.
- 5. The process of claim 4, wherein the preconcentrate is homogenized in a first stage at a pressure of from about 50 to about 250 bar and then in a second stage at a pressure of up to 150 bar.
- 6. The process of claim 4, wherein the preconcentrate is homogenized in a first stage at a pressure of from about 140 bar to about 150 bar and then in a second stage at a pressure of from about 20 to about 60 bar.
- 7. The process of claim 1, wherein the preconcentrate is homogenized at a total pressure of from about 140 bar to about 250 bar.
- 8. The process of claim 1, wherein the preconcentrate is homogenized at a total pressure of from about 160 bar to about 210 bar.
- 9. The process of claim 1, in which the milk concentrate is spray dried using high pressure nozzles.
- 10. The process of claim 9, wherein the milk concentrate is spray dried using high pressure swirl nozzles.
- 11. The process of claim 9, wherein the milk concentrate is spray dried at a pressure of about 140 bar.
- 12. The process of claim 1, wherein the spray dried milk is agglomerated and instantized by lecithination, after-dried, after-cooled, filled into packs and gassed.
- 13. The process of claim 1, wherein the liquid milk is recombined from milk powder, skim milk powder, butter oil or vegetable oils along with an appropriate amount of water.
- 14. A process for the production of a fat-containing milk powder, the process comprising:
preparing a standardized milk, feeding the prepared standardized milk into an evaporator having at least one stage to obtain a pre-concentrate, homogenizing the pre-concentrate at a total solids content of 20 to 50% by weight in two stages including a first stage at a pressure of from about 50 to about 250 bar and a second stage at a pressure of up to 150 bar, further evaporating the pre-concentrate in an evaporator having at least one stage to obtain a concentrate having a total solids content of at least 50% by weight, and then spray drying the concentrate using high pressure nozzles to form the powder.
- 15. The process of claim 14, wherein the spray dried milk is agglomerated and instantized by lecithination, after-dried, after-cooled, filled into packs and gassed.
- 16. The process of claim 15, wherein the liquid milk is recombined from milk powder, skim milk powder, butter oil or vegetable oils along with an appropriate amount of water.
Priority Claims (1)
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00200616.1 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of the U.S. National Stage Designation of International application PCT/EP 01/01321 Filed Feb. 8, 2001, the content of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference thereto.
Continuations (1)
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PCT/EP01/01321 |
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10225723 |
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