Patent ID: 9723859
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A23C,A23J

Claim:
1. A method for producing a high protein food, said method comprising the steps of: a. creating a mixture of from 65 to 85 percent by weight of a casein protein and from 15 to 35 percent by weight of a whey protein; b. introducing said mixture into an extruder; c. adding water to said extruder to create a second mixture such that said second mixture is from 3 to 30 percent by weight water; d. forcing said second mixture through a die engaged with said extruder to create a plurality of cut pieces; e. allowing said second mixture to expand in an environment with ambient pressure and temperature; and, f. removing moisture from said plurality of cut pieces such that the moisture content of said plurality of cut pieces is from 0.5% (one-half percent) to 12% (twelve percent) by weight, wherein a protein content of said plurality of cut pieces is 90% (ninety percent) or greater by weight, and wherein said high protein food produced by said method does not include a protein source other than said casein protein and said whey protein.