Abstract:
The present invention provides a no-whey process for preparing a low-fat hard cheese product with completed capture of whey proteins using a modified milk protein concentrate. The modified milk protein concentrate comprises about 82 to about 96 percent milk protein concentrate and about 4 to about 18 percent multifunctional enzyme, wherein the multifunctional enzyme modifies the function of dairy proteins so that the completed capture of whey proteins into a cheese product will not interfere with the alignment of casein molecules into the fibers structure required for a good texture of hard cheeses such as mozzarella. The present invention solves problems associated with the whey generated from conventional making cheese plant and creates a new way of making low-fat hard cheese products.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a comprehensive virus disinfecting strategy with more than two biologically active anti-virus components work synergistically to form a multi-hurdle defending line for virus disinfecting, and methods for making a medical product with anti-virus properties. The comprehensive preventive system for virus disinfecting, combines components competitively inhibiting virus attachment on cell surface, immune-boosting nutrients for strengthening immunology defense, and components defectively attacking virus infusion process. The product is an anti-influenza medical food containing from 0.01% to 3% of glycopeptide with covalently attached sialic acids and its derivatives, 0.01% to 5% of ginseng extracts, and 0.01% to 3% of polyphonies from herb extracts. The anti-influenza medical product can be administrated daily to prevent from infection with viruses.
Abstract:
The current invention provides an herb extract based anti-diabetic cosmeceutical cream product for controlling the blood sugar levels of non-insulin dependent diabetes and methods for making the product. The invention includes a blood sugar lowering product containing hypocaemics ingredients of anti-diabetic herb extracts, a skin care cream base, and hypocaemics drugs. The invention describes details in the herb extracts that have the function of hypocaemics and improvement on other symptoms resulting from the increased blood sugar levels. The invention provides formulation skills and a formula for making an herb extract based anti-diabetic cream product that can penetrate animal and especially human skin to deliver active anti-diabetic elements. Finally, the invention includes methods for producing an herb extract based anti-diabetic cream product.
Abstract:
Soy derived materials such as soy milk, soy flour, soy concentrates, and soy protein isolates, are deflavored by adjusting the pH of an aqueous composition of such soy derived materials using membrane electrodialysis to a pH of about 9 to about 12 to solubilize the soy proteins and to release the flavoring compounds and thereafter passing the pH-adjusted composition to an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cutoff up to about 50,000 Daltons under conditions at which the flavoring compounds pass through the membrane, leaving the retained soy material with improved flavor.
Abstract:
The current invention includes a process for making cream cheese wherein nutrients typically lost as whey during processing are utilized in the final cream cheese; the resulting cream cheese has the body, texture, and taste of conventional cream cheese. The process of the current invention utilizes acidifying and cross-linking steps to process a dairy liquid into a wheyless cream cheese by utilizing the protein cross-linking activity of transglutaminase. The wheyless cream cheese does not require the addition of stabilizers and/or emulsifiers. Furthermore, the cream cheese that is formed is firmer than typical cream cheese and has significantly reduced syneresis.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a wheyless process for preparing natural mozzarella cheese using dry dairy ingredients. This process enables the manufacture of cheese from non-perishable or shelf-stable ingredients such as dried milk protein concentrate and anhydrous milkfat. This enables greater flexibility in the location of cheese manufacturing facilities as handling and/or transporting large quantities of fresh milk is not required. Also, in utilizing such a process, the need for refrigerated storage of the fresh milk would be minimal. The dry dairy ingredients used in the present invention comprise milk protein concentrates and blends of milk protein concentrates with up to about 50 percent of a second dry dairy ingredient selected from the group consisting of whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, rennet casein, acid casein, nonfat dry milk, and mixtures thereof.
Abstract:
Soy derived materials such as soy milk, soy flour, soy concentrates, and soy protein isolates, are deflavored by adjusting the pH of an aqueous composition of such soy derived materials using membrane electrodialysis to a pH of about 9 to about 12 to solubilize the soy proteins and to release the flavoring compounds and thereafter passing the pH-adjusted composition to an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cutoff up to about 50,000 Daltons under conditions at which the flavoring compounds pass through the membrane, leaving the retained soy material with improved flavor.
Abstract:
A process for incorporating soy proteins in emulsions of edible oils is provided. Such emulsions include, but are not limited to, pourable and spoonable salad dressings. The process comprises treating a soy protein isolate with one or more protease enzymes in an enzymatic hydrolysis step to prepare a partial hydrolysis or digest of the soy protein. The hydrolysis step is carried out using an effective amount of protease enzymes selected for their effectiveness in hydrolyzing the soy proteins, and for the flavor profile provided in the final end product using the partially digested protein. The soy protein is hydrolyzed for a time and at a temperature effective to partially digest the soy protein isolate without developing adverse flavor characteristics in the partially digested isolate. Typically, the degree of hydrolysis or proteolysis of the soy protein is about 3 to about 30 percent, and more preferably, about 5 to about 15 percent. The dressings prepared with the partially hydrolyzed or digested soy protein do not exhibit the graininess, poor texture, or soy bean flavor normally associated with soy proteins.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process cheese product made with a cheese and dairy liquid that includes casein, whey protein, and lactose, wherein at least a portion of the casein and/or whey protein in the dairy liquid is crosslinked via &ggr;-carboxyl-&egr;-amino crosslinks prior to being combined with the cheese, and wherein the lactose in the process cheese product remains dissolved in the aqueous phase upon storage. According to the invention, this product is provided by a process that includes the important step of contacting the dairy liquid with a transglutaminase for a time, and under conditions, sufficient to crosslink at least a portion of the casein and/or whey protein to provide crosslinked protein conjugates in the dairy liquid. The invention furthermore provides the process for making the process cheese product. Advantageously, the process permits replacing part of the cheese proteins with the crosslinked proteins of the dairy liquid. Additionally, crystallization of lactose in the process cheese product is significantly inhibited such that lactose levels higher than commonly introduced in cheese products may be employed in the process cheese of the invention.
Abstract:
The invention provides a dairy composition containing a complex of a casein-complexing whey protein digestion product and casein micelles, and methods for their preparation. Also provided are the digestion product and methods for its preparation. The digestion product is provided by the action of a non-rennet protease on whey protein, such that the digestion product remains with the curds when a composition including the complex is subjected to a renneting process that provides curds and a supernatant. The resulting curds also include casein degradation products. The non-rennet protease is the bacterial protease Novo SP 446. The invention additionally provides a cheese composition and a cheese product obtained by renneting a dairy composition containing the casein-complexing whey protein digestion product described herein and casein micelles. The resulting cheese composition includes whey protein digestion products and casein degradation products. Methods of preparing the cheese composition and the cheese product are also provided. Additionally, the casein-complexing whey protein digestion product may be added directly to a cheese substance such as a processed cheese, a cottage cheese, and a cream cheese to provide a cheese product.