Patent ID: 9232808
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A23C

Claim Text:
1. A process cheese product comprising: about 20 to about 87 percent natural cheese or a mixture of natural cheeses obtained from curdled milk and one of rennet, rennet substitutes, acidification, and combinations thereof, the natural cheese or the mixture of natural cheeses providing an amount of non-calcium reduced casein; about 0.8 to about 25 percent (solid basis) of a calcium reduced casein source providing an amount of calcium reduced casein having calcium but not more than about 350 ppm calcium per percent of casein; a total amount of casein provided from the non-calcium reduced casein in the natural cheese or a mixture of natural cheeses and the calcium reduced casein in the calcium reduced casein source; wherein the process cheese product contains less than about 350 mg sodium per ounce; wherein the total amount of casein includes more of the casein from the non-calcium reduced casein than the casein from the calcium reduced casein; wherein the process cheese product is homogenous; and wherein the process cheese product does not contain significant levels of emulsifying salts.