A method for producing UHT cream, comprising the steps of:- storing non-sterilized cream in a receiving tank (12),- preheating a flow of non-sterilized cream in a preheating heat exchanger (14),- transferring the flow of preheated cream from said preheating heat exchanger (14) to an infuser (18) via a first thermal stop pipe (20),- sterilizing the flow of preheated cream in said infuser (18),- transferring the flow of sterilized cream from the outlet of said infuser (18) to a vacuum degasser (28) via a second thermal stop pipe (26),- degassing the flow of sterilized cream in said vacuum degasser (28),- homogenizing the flow of sterilized and degassed cream from said vacuum degasser (28) in a homogenizer (30), and cooling the flow of sterilized degassed and homogenized cream,wherein:- said step of transferring the flow of preheated cream from said preheating heat exchanger (14) to the infuser (18) via said first thermal stop pipe (20) has a maximum duration of 5 seconds,- said step of transferring the flow of sterilized cream from said infuser (18) to the vacuum degasser (28) via the second thermal stop pipe (26) has a maximum duration of 5 seconds, and- said step of homogenizing the flow of sterilized and degassed cream in the homogenizer (30) is carried out at a temperature below 70°C.
