Dairy Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is dairy?
Any food product made from milk. Milk is food produced by certain animals by certain animals to feed their offspring.
What is not included in the dairy section of the eat well guide?
Butter
What is the nutritional value of milk?
85% - water 3.5% - protein 3.5-5% - fat 4.8% - carbohydrate 0.7% - calcium Vitamins A, B and D low C
Who would usually drink while milk and what is the fat content?
Babies
3.9%
What milk is blue?
Whole milk
What milk is red?
Skimmed
What milk is green?
Semi-skimmed
What milk is orange?
1% milk
How much fat is in Skimmed milk and who would usually drink it?
People with diabetes or on a low fat diet drink this.
0-0.5%
5 types of milk…
Soya milk Almond milk Condensed Powdered Goats milk
What is milk?
Milk is an emulsion of two liquids… Oil in liquids. This is visible when the liquids separate and the cream collects at the top of the bottle
What is the process of homogenisation?
Milk is fat globules (cream).
Homogenised milk forces the fat within the milk to make it more consistent and creamy
Why are people allergic to milk?
They are allergic to the cows milk.
Or
The sugar in the milk (lactose intolerant)
What happens when people are lactose intolerant?
They cannot digest the milks sugar.
Homogenisation is…
When the fat globules are separated from the milk so that the cream does not separate.
What is cheese made up of?
Coagulation milk proteins and fats.
What does Coagulation mean?
Invertible change in proteins from a liquid state into a solid state.
What is the nutritional value of cheese?
HBV Calcium Fat Vitamins A, B, D Minerals phosphorus and zinc
What are the uses of cheese?
Flavour
Colour
Texture
Nutritional value
What is the affect of heat on cheese?
It will melt at 65° making it spreadable or stringy.
Too much heat will burn the protein (casinogen) and the fat causing a bitter taste, making it hard and tough to eat.
How is cheese made?
scientifically
The curds are heated
The heat causes acid to denature the proteins
They bunch closer together, expelling the whey to make the cheese firm
How is cheese made?
Manufactured
Add cultures Add rennet Cut the curd to release liquid whey Stir and cook Drain whey away Salting and drying
Name 5 types of cream…
Single cream Whipping cream Double cream Clotted cream Sour cream
What does centrifugation mean?
Milk is spun at a high speed, the force of the process causes the fat globules to separate from watery liquid.
