General milk facts
most milk is from cows, however, other animals also supply us with milk. Name 3 that gives us milk.
Water buffalo, goats, sheet, horse, donkey, reindeer, yak, and camels
what is lactose?
milk carbohydrates
what is >80% of milk used for?
fluid milk, cream cheese, or butter
what is dry milk?
all water removed and can be stored or exported for long periods of time
how many times could milk be tested before being sold?
at the farm, by the plant, and again by the processor
how many people can one cow produce milk for?
60 people annually
what four vitamins are the fat soluble vitamins?
ADEK
what is whole milk?
milk with no less than 3.25% milk fat
name two fermented dairy products.
yogurt and sour cream
what is homogenization?
spinning the milk quickly to break down the fat modules
what is the name of the first milk that a cow produces?
colostrum
how does milk fat exist in the milk?
suspended in microscopic lipids within the milk
what is low-fat milk?
contains anywhere from .5-2.0 milk fat
what does acidified mean?
milk is soured with or without bacteria additions
what is pasteurization?
heating to destroy the bacteria without affecting the nutritional value or curdling
how long must farers wait til they can sell the cows milk?
the 11th milk
what are the two main proteins in milk?
casein and whey
what is skim milk?
<0.5% milk fat
how many types of cheese do we have?
over 400 different kinds
what class of milk is fluid milk?
class I or class A
what is milk made up of?
88% water, 8.6% solid-not-fat, and 3-4% fat
what do we add to milk when processing it?
Vit D, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc
difference between evaporated and condensed milk?
evaporated milk has 60% of water and heat treated while condensed milk has no further heating and has sugar added
what are the 4 main types of cheese?
soft, semisoft, hard, very hard
how do farmers get paid for their milk?
they are at the will of the processor and what their milk chosen for. fluid milk will give more but they have no control