MILK

Excerpts from Bender, Arnold E. 1990. Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology. Butterworths, Boston.

The secretion of the mammary gland of animals including cow, buffalo, goat, ass, mare, ewe and camel. Cow's milk is particularly rich in calcium (1.2 g per litre), and riboflavin (2 mg per liter) and contains per liter 47 g lactose, 33 g protein, 38 g fat, 500 ug vitamin A(as both retinol and carotene), 0.4 mg thiamin, 0.8 mg niacin, 50 ug folate, 0.3 ug vitamin D, about 15 mg vitamin C, and small amounts of other B vitamins and minerals. Jersey, Guernsey, south Devon and Channel Islands milk contain about 48 g fat.
Buffalo Milk-75 g fat, 43 g protein and 45 g carbohydrate per liter.

Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. II

is the white homogenous fluid secreted by the mammary glands of animals.

Igoe, Robert S. 1983. Dictionary of Food Ingredients. Van Nostrand and Reinhold Company.

is the natural secretion of the mammary glands of female mammals for the feeding of their young. It is commercially considered here as cow's milk which consists, on the average, of 3.5% fat, 5% lactose, 3.5% protein, and 0.7% ash. It has a bland, slightly sweet flavor, a yellowish-white color, and a specific gravity of 1.032. It functions as a base for ice cream, yogurt, beverages, and cheese. It is also the source of skim milk, cream, whey, casein, lactose, and milk solids not fat.

Grimes, William. 2004. Eating Your Worlds. Oxford University Press.

is the milk of cows (or occasionally goats or ewes) as food for humans. The white juice of plants such as coconut milk.

TEMPERATURE CONTROL IS IMPORTANT

1. Storage Temperature Of Milk And Milk Products Has A Direct Relationship To Keeping Quality Or Shelf Life.

2. Average Shelf Life At 38f Is Ten Days. Note Rapid Decrease In Shelf Life At Higher Temperatures.

3. Good management dictates milk and milk products be stored at 38 F, or lower, until sold to the consumer. For best product protection, store at 33F to 38F.

4. Besides temperature , age of the product affects keeping quality. Proper rotation in the dairy case is very important. Proper rotation plus storage below cooling level in a display case equals good products for the consumer.

Ruth Winter.1978. A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.

Milk may be a hidden ingredient in cream of rice, macaroni, filled candy bars, Ovaltine, Junket, prepared flours, frankfurters, and other sausages. Some people are allergic to milk.

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