Patent ID: 8110235

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: providing skim and cream; combining said skim with an edible oil at a predetermined oil-to-skim ratio thereby making a skim-and-oil mixture; blending said skim-and-oil mixture thereby forming a blended skim-and-oil mixture; standardizing the particle size of said blended skim-and-oil mixture thereby forming a particulated skim-and-oil mixture; homogenizing said cream thereby making homogenized cream; combining a predetermined amount of said homogenized cream with said particulated skim-and-oil mixture thereby making a milk-and-oil mixture; holding said milk-and-oil mixture at a predetermined hold temperature for a predetermined period of time; agitating said milk-and-oil mixture during said holding step; and separating a majority of said oil from said milk-and-oil mixture thereby leaving a first reduced cholesterol milk product.