Abstract: Methods of encapsulating fully denatured or partially denatured protein (e.g., whey) involving milling the protein into a fine powder, pouring the powdered protein into a bowl containing an encapsulating agent (e.g., lipid), heating the combination until the encapsulating agent melts, and mixing the combination until the protein is completely covered/encapsulated. After the protein is covered/encapsulated, it is cooled so that it can be added as an ingredient to other foods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dietary composition produced by a process involving extruding a protein containing product and water through an extruder (e.g., at about 50-about 450 rpm and at a temperature of about 40° to about 120° C., wherein the residence time of the protein containing product (e.g., whey protein isolate) in the extruder is about 15-about 90 seconds) to produce the dietary composition, wherein the dietary composition contains partially denatured protein containing product or totally denatured protein containing product or mixtures thereof. The present invention also concerns a food product containing at least one food ingredient and a dietary fiber composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dietary composition produced by a process involving extruding a milk containing product (e.g., milk, milk concentrate, milk protein concentrate, whey, whey concentrate, whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate) through an extruder at about 50-about 450 rpm and at a temperature of about 40° to about 120° C. to produce the dietary fiber composition (which contains partially or totally denatured milk containing product). The present invention also concerns a food product containing at least one food ingredient and the dietary composition described herein; for example the dietary composition containing partially denatured proteins may be used to create a fully cooked, totally expanded or puffed ready-to-eat snack food product (or pellets or half products).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dietary fiber composition produced by a process involving extruding a milk containing product (e.g., milk, milk concentrate, whey, whey concentrate, whey protein isolate) through an extruder at about 50-about 400 rpm and at a temperature of about 50° to about 120° C. to produce the dietary fiber composition. The present invention also concerns a fiber enriched food product containing at least one food ingredient and the dietary fiber composition described herein. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of making a fiber enriched food product, involving adding the dietary fiber composition described herein to one or more food ingredients or adding one or more food ingredients to the dietary fiber composition described herein. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method of increasing fiber in the diet of a mammal, involving feeding to the mammal the fiber enriched food product described herein.