Types of milk available in market

Tells about different types of milk available in the market.

1. TYPES OF MILK AVAILABLE IN MARKET Submitted by: Nabam Reenyum A0989216064

2. Introduction Milk is defined as the whole fresh , clean lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more milch animals. In India the term ‘milk’ refers to cow or buffalo milk ,or a combination of the two. India is the largest producer of milk and as per National dairy development board estimation, the country produced 102 million MT of milk with annual worth Rs 1.232 billion

3. Special types of milk Under the category of milk are include those processed milk products which physically resemble and behave like liquid milk . These processed milk products are: Standardised milk Homogenised milk Sterilised milk Flavour milk Toned milk Double toned milk .

4. Standardised milk Standardised milk is a milk in which the original fat and also the ratio of fat to the milk solid contents has Ben changed either by :- The removal of milk fat or The addition of skim milk or The addition of cream milk According to PFA rules(1976) standardised milk should contain:– Minimum fat– 4.5% Minimum SNF %- 8.5%

5. HOMOGENISED MILK Homogenised milk is a milk which has been treated in such a manner as to insure breakup of the fat globules to such an extent that after 48 hours quiescent storage no visible cream separation occur on the milk. Homogenisation refer to the processed of forcing the milk through a homogeniser with the object of sub dividing the fat globules. In efficiently homogenised milk , the fat globules are sub divided to 2 microns or less in a diameter.

6. StERILISED MILK Sterilised milk may be defined as milk which has been heated to a temperature of 100’c or above such length of time that it remains fit for the human consumption. The above definition does not always mean that treated milk must completely free of bacterial spores.

7. FLAVOURED MILK Flavoured milk is a milk to which some flavours has been added . When the term milk is used , the product should contain milk fat% at least equal to the minimum legal requirement for market milk.

8. TYPES OF FLAVOURED MILK Chocolate milk /drinks – the ingredients used for chocolate milk / drinks are: Cocoa powder – 1.0-1.5% Sugar – 5.0 -7.0 Sodium alginate -0.2% Fruit flavoured milk –permitted fruit flavours together with permitted matching colours and sugar are used . The common flavours used are vanilla , strawberry, banana etc.

9. TONED MILK Toned milk refers to milk obtained by the addition of water and skim milk powder to whole milk . In practice whole buffalo milk is admixed with reconstituted spray dried skim milk powder for the production of toned milk. Under PFA rules (1976) toned milk should contain minimum of 3.0% fat & 8.5% solids not fat throughout India.

10. Double toned milk Double toned milk is milk which is also obtained by the addition of water and skim milk powder to whole milk Under PFA rules (1976) Double toned milk should contain a minimum of 1.5% fat 9.0 % solid not fat throughout India.