Patent ID: 9635870
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A23C

Claim:
1. A process, comprising: providing a concentrated milk composition including milk protein, at a first temperature being at least about 20 degrees Fahrenheit (° F.) above a melting point of the concentrated milk composition; providing a plant fat composition including plant fat, at a second temperature being at least about 20° F. above a melting point of the plant fat composition; combining a first amount of the concentrated milk composition together with a second amount of the plant fat composition, forming a composition that includes concentrated milk, and that includes plant fat, and that has an initial pH, and that has a concentration by weight of water being within a range of between about 49% and about 57%; and combining the composition that includes the concentrated milk and the plant fat together with an amount of an edible acid, and directly setting the composition that includes the concentrated milk and the plant fat, by adjusting the initial pH to a reduced pH being within a range of between about 4.9 and about 4.5; thereby forming a uniform non-separating direct-set product that substantially retains the milk protein, wherein the product includes a concentrated milk composition, a plant fat composition, and an edible acid.