Patent ID: 8399043

Claim:
A process for the production of a whey protein micelles concentrate consisting of the steps of: a. adjusting the pH of a demineralized whey protein aqueous solution to a value between 5.8 and 6.6 wherein the concentration of the whey protein aqueous solution is less than 12%, wherein if the whey protein aqueous solution comprises additional compounds, the amount of the additional compounds does not exceed 10% by weight of the total weight of the solution; b. subjecting the aqueous solution to a temperature of between 80 and 89 C, wherein the heating is carried out for a time range of 10 s to 2 hours; and c. concentrating a dispersion obtained in step b; wherein in the concentrated dispersion, the proportion of micelles with an average size of between 100 nm and 700 nm is greater than 80%.