Ice cream, just like any other food products have some defects that affect the quality. These ice cream defects may affect the flavor, the texture, the color, and the melting quality of the final product.
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Chemical Test Procedures for Quality Assurance in Dairy Products
Listed here are the conventional chemical test procedures that are carried out on dairy products to assure quality of the products. You will realize that I have not indicated the lactoscan equipment in any of these tests.
How To Make Margarine In 9 Short Simple Steps
Although many people still use the term margarine to refer to any type of table spread, the Food Standards Code defines margarine to contain at least 80% fat. Spreads require about 60% fat to suit baking purposes.
Best Quality Cheese Cloth, Its Alternative Uses and Available Alternatives
The gauzy cloth comes in different microns and is usually made of cotton fiber. Grades vary from open (grade 10) to very fine textured cheese cloths classified under grade 90. The different grades determine the quantity of solids the cloth ...
Bacterial Spoilage in Milk: Proteolysis, Gas Production & Ropiness
Any form of bacterial spoilage in milk is very significant because dairy products have a relatively limited keeping time and very high perishability. If you fail to apply sufficient preservation methods, these products can go bad really quick and result ...
Why Are Youths in sub-Sahara Africa Not Interested in Agriculture & Agribusiness?
With high unemployment rates at 60%, the rapid transition is a potential time bomb since the large number of well-educated youths fail to get employed in gainful jobs. Agribusiness is a promising frontier to curb the runaway unemployment in Sub-Sahara ...
The Ice Cream Overrun & 6 Other Active Ice Cream Ingredients
A standard ice cream consists of 10% butterfat, 11% MSNF,
Milk Fever: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Measures
A positive diagnosis is given when the blood calcium level goes below 8.5 mg/dl (or 2 mmol/l). Incalf cows need to replenish the calcium that the fetus needs for growth, which is about 30 g per day.
Ice Cream Plant Sanitation & Quality Control Parameters
Quality should be the first thing you think about whenever you set out to make any food product. Ensuring ice cream sanitation during ice cream manufacturing will influence the quality of the end product.
Types of Cream: Their Uses & How to Make Each
Cream is a rich fat-based dairy product that you obtain by skimming milk with 4% fat content. After separating the cream, concentrate it to 10% – 75% fat content depending on your intended purpose. On the average, most creams have ...
Brachiaria Grass Promises To Increases Milk Production By 40%
With average digestibility of 70%, this grass has better returns for the farmer given the time it takes to maturity and the inputs required during production. Available research findings also indicate that the grass does not loose hybrid vigour even ...
Methods of Butterfat Testing & Indices Used to Score Fats
Sulphuric acid dissolves all the milk solid non-fat (MSNF), which facilitates separation of fat. Centrifuging at 50°C improves the separation and maintains the butterfat in a liquid state for easy reading of the volume.