Patent ID: 8182856

Claim:
A whey protein product obtainable by a method selected from (A) and (B) wherein method (A) comprises the following steps: (i) preparing an aqueous solution comprising about 5 to 10% whey protein, wherein the aqueous solution has a calcium concentration of about 0.0 to 1.4 mM and a pH value of about 7 to 9, (ii) heating the solution resulting from step (i) to a temperature of about 50 to 100° C. for about 0.15 to 30 minutes, (iii) cooling the solution resulting from step (ii) to a temperature of about 1 to 40° C., and (iv) adjusting the solution resulting from step (iii) to a protein concentration of about 4 to 7%, and a pH value of about 5.2 to 7.0; and method (B) comprises the following steps: (v) preparing an aqueous solution comprising about 3-10% whey protein, a pH value of about 7 to 9, wherein the calcium concentration of the whey protein is 1.4 mM or less or has been reduced to at least 1 mM or less (vi) heating the solution resulting from step (v) to a temperature of about 50 to 100° C. for about 0.15 to 30 minutes, (vii) cooling the solution resulting from step (vi) to a temperature of about 1 to 17° C., and (viii) adjusting the solution resulting from step (vii) to a protein concentration of about 5 to 7% and a pH value of about 5.5 to 7.