Patent ID: 7241467
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A23C

Abstract:
1. A process for making a stabilized milk product, the process comprising the steps of: a) blending a fluid milk product with a pectin stabilizer in a weight ratio of fluid milk to pectin stabilizer of from about 80 to 1 to about 20 to 1 to form a blended milk/pectin mixture; b) heating and homogenizing the milk/pectin mixture, wherein the temperature of the mixture is raised to a temperature of at least about 150°; c) blending the homogenized milk/pectin mixture with juice; and d) heating and homogenizing the blended milk/pectin/juice mixture, wherein the temperature is raised to a temperature of at least about 170° F.; wherein the process is effective to produce a stabilized milk product having: