Patent ID: 6953598
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A method for the continuous production of a dairy-based confection comprising: a) heating an aqueous sugar composition to at least the boiling point in a first heat exchanger to obtain a boiling sugar composition, b) admixing a protein-containing dairy component with the boiling sugar composition to obtain a dairy-based mass, c) heating the dairy-based mass above the initial boiling point in a second heat exchanger, cooking the dairy-based mass, and obtaining a cooked dairy-based mass, d) increasing the solids content of the cooked dairy-based mass, and e) cooling the cooked dairy-based mass to obtain a dairy-based confection, wherein the first and second heat exchangers are selected from the group consisting of a plate and frame heat exchanger, a shell and tube heat exchanger, and a coil heat exchanger, and said protein-containing dairy component is injected between said first and second heat exchangers.