Inventors:
Kenneth R. Cummings - Skillman NJ
Donald L. Palmquist - Wooster OH
Assignee:
Church Dwight Co., Inc. - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
A23C 900
Abstract:
A cow milk product with enhanced nutritional and health values for human consumption, obtained from cows fed with a feedstock having a supplement containing at least about 60 weight percent of calcium oleate, which product has milk fat with a profile of fat constituents including about 1-3. 5 weight percent of conjugated linoleic acid, about 2-6 weight percent of trans-11 18:1 fatty acid, about 20-30 weight percent of cis-9 18:1 fatty acid, and about 30-38 weight percent of 14:0 and 16:0 fatty acid, per total milk fat, and wherein the 18:1 to 18:0 fatty acid ratio in the milk fat is about 2-3. 2:1.