Patent ID: 6451552
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A23C,A23J,A23L

Abstract:
A method for producing a casein/caseinate hydrolysate that is stripped of immunogenic protein other than casein/caseinate, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing an aqueous solution containing essentially dissolved casein/caseinate and an essentially dissolved immunogenic protein other than casein/caseinate; b) adding to the aqueous solution a casein-specific proteolytic enzyme; c) incubating the aqueous solution and the casein-specific proteolytic enzyme under conditions such that the casein/caseinate is hydrolysed while the immunogenic protein other than casein/caseinate remains essentially intact; d) separating the hydrolysed casein/caseinate and the essentially intact immunogenic protein other than casein/caseinate; and e) recovering the hydrolyzed casein/caseinate stripped of immunogenic protein.