Milk product having low sodium content and process of producing same

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF REMOVING PREDETERINNED QUANTITIES OF SELECTED CATION FROM MILK WHILE MAINTAINING IN PREDETERMINED CONCENTRATIONS OTHER SELECTED CATIONS OF MILK, COMPRISING, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ORDER, THE STEPS OF CONTACTING MILK WITH A BODY OF SYNTHETIC CATION EXCHANGE RESIN CONSISTING OF AMMONIUM FORM OF THE RESIN AND THE FORM THEREOF OF THE CATIONS SELECTED TO REMAIN IN THE MILK, SAID RESIN FORMS BEING PRESENT IN PROPORTIONS EFFECTIVE TO REPLACE WITH AMMONIUM IONS SAID PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF THE CATIONS OF THE MILK SELECTED FOR REMOVAL WHILE RETAINING SAID PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF THE CATIONS OF THE MILK SELECTED TO REMAIN THEREIN, CONTACTING THE MILK WITH A QUANTITY OF ANION EXCHANGE RESIN IN THE HYDROXYL FORM, SAID QUANTITY BEING SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE HYDROXYL IONS STOICHIOMETRICALLY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF AMMONIUM IONS PRESENT IN SAID MILK AS A RESULT OF THE CATION EXCHANGE STEP, SAID AMMONIUM IONS AND HYDROXYL IONS IN THE MILK COMBINING KTO FORM AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE WHICH EXISTS IN CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM WITH AMMONIUM AND WATER, AND FURTHER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF THEREAFTER SEPARATING THE MILK FROM THE LAST CONTACTED ION EXCHANGE RESIN, AND REMOVING THE AMMONIUM THEREFROM BY EVAPORATION.