Patent ID: 9386791
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A23C,A23J,A23L,A23V

Claim Text:
1. A method of preparing a liquid nutritional composition, the method comprising a) heat-treating a liquid composition having a pH of between 4 and 6 and comprising about 2% to about 25% by weight of non-hydrolysed whey protein, wherein the whey protein comprises or is provided by an ingredient that comprises at least about 55% of the heat-denaturable protein present in a denatured state, and wherein the heat treatment has an F b) recovering the liquid composition, wherein the recovered liquid composition has c) a viscosity of less than 200 cP when measured at 20° C. and shear rate of 100 s-1, or d) an average particle size of less than 20 μm as categorised by the volume weighted average particle size parameter D[4,3], or e) exhibits essentially no observable gelation or aggregation, or f) any combination of two or more of (c) to (e) above.