公开(公告)号：US10645954B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15342353

申请日：2016-11-03

Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.

Inventor： Damian Browne ,  Yvonne Collins ,  Margaret Dohnalek ,  Dave McDonagh ,  Heidi Kleinbach-Sauter ,  Kyle Shadix ,  Siow Ying Tan

IPC: A23C9/123 ,  A23L2/38 ,  A23C21/02 ,  A23L2/68 ,  A23L2/66

Abstract: A method of producing a beverage base or a component for a beverage or a food, providing Greek yogurt acid whey which has been obtained by separating the whey from Greek yogurt during a manufacturing process for the Greek yogurt; removing from the acid whey particulate material having a particle size of greater than 10 μm; filtering the whey, directly or indirectly thus obtained to remove from the whey any bacteria and germinated bacterial spores therein having a molecular mass of at least 10,000 Daltons, the filtering being through a filter having a pore size of no greater than 1 μm; and filtering the whey, directly or indirectly thus obtained to remove from the whey any enzymes therein having a molecular mass of at least 1,000 Daltons, the filtering being through a filter having a pore size of no greater than 0.1 μm.