Title:
PRODUCTION OF WHEY POWDER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3155441
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To obtain whey powder comprising lactose existing in crystallite, excellent in solubility and powder fluidity by homogenizing lactose previously crystallized in a whey concentrated solution by a homogenizer to pulverize the lactose crystal and spray-drying it under pressure by using a nozzle atomizer.
CONSTITUTION: A concentrated whey solution is rapidly cooled to form crystallite of lactose, which is homogenized by a homogenizer and the lactose crystal is ground into ≤100 mesh. The ground lactose crystal is spray-dried under pressure by using a pair of nozzle atomizers.
Inventors:
Harada, Katsunori
Fujii, Tomoyuki
Horikawa, Masakazu
Fujii, Tomoyuki
Horikawa, Masakazu
Application Number:
JP11068195A
Publication Date:
April 09, 2001
Filing Date:
May 09, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SNOW BRAND MILK PROD CO LTD
International Classes:
A23C9/18; A23C21/00; (IPC1-7): A23C21/00; A23C9/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
村山 みどり