Abstract:
A concentrate derived from milk or a milk product comprising sialyllactose in amounts higher than the normal amounts found in the milk or milk product and a process for preparation of such a concentrate by ultrafiltration and diafiltration using a thin film polyamide based membrane. The concentrate is suited for use in nutritional products.
Abstract:
A method and a system for handling in a reverse vending machine empty packaging units having return value, where the reverse vending machine, for each unit received from a person who inserts one or more such units into the reverse vending machine, identifies the individual unit and determines its assigned return value, and indicates total payable return value, and also gives the person the choice between participating in a lottery with the return value as his/her stake or having the return value paid out. The person's choice of lottery participation causes registration of the person's choice in the reverse vending machine, establishment of successful communication between the reverse vending machine and a lottery database; conversion of the return value into an integer number of lottery tickets; retrieval from a supply of numbered lottery tickets in the lottery database of an integer number of lottery tickets as numbered tickets, where one or more of the tickets retrieved are possible prize tickets, and issuance to the person on the basis of information regarding retrieved and thus allocated tickets of a token containing transaction details. In the event of faulty or absent communication between the reverse vending machine and the lottery database, a substitute token is issued that is related to said return value.