| abstract |
Process to obtain a dehydrated milk formula, which comprises the following steps: (ai) ultrafilter (UF) a composition of animal skimmed milk that comprises 70 - 90% by weight of casein and 10 - 30% by weight of protein from whey, based on total protein, and (a-ii) ultrafiltering an animal whey composition comprising 0 - 25% by weight of casein and 75 - 100% by weight of whey proteins , based on total protein; or (a-iii) ultrafiltering a mixture of the compositions of (ai) and (a-ii), (b) preferably combining the UF retentate originating from step (ai) with the UF retentate originating from step (a-ii); (c) removing polyvalent ions from the UF permeate originating from step (a-i) and / or (a-ii) or (a-iii) to obtain at least one softened UF permeate; (d) combining at least one softened UF permeate originating from step (c) with a UF retentate originating from step (ai) and / or (a-ii), or (a-iii) or (b ) to obtain a combined product; and (ei) drying the combined product originating from step (d) to obtain a dehydrated milk formula, and / or (e-ii) drying any UF retentate originating from step (ai) and / or (a -ii) or (a-iii) or (b), which is not combined in step (d), and drying any of the softened UF permeate originating from step (c), which is not combined in step (d), followed by combining the dried UF retentate with the dried softened UF permeate to obtain a dehydrated milk formula. |