Dairy Flashcards
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milk contains
lipids, proteins, salts, carbohydrates
essential nutrients in milk
Vit A, Vit B12, riboflavin, calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, carbohydrate, protein
raw milk
mimlk straight from animal
biosynthesis of milk
- synthesised in mammary gland
complete milk producing unit - alveolus
alveolus
- consists of secretary cells
- epithelial secretory cells surrounded by blood vessels
lactose, fat and most proteins (casein) formed from?
substrates carried in the blood
minerals, vitamins and certain proteins are
filtered out of blood
composition of milk
- human milk has low casein and high lactose
factors affecting milk compostion
- nutrition factors e.g. type and quality of feed
- non-nutritional factors e.g. breed, stage of location, season and temperature
nutrition factors
type and quality of feed
non-nutritional factors
- breed e.g. holstein breed have low fat and protein percentage
- stage of location
- season and temperature (e.g. more milk winter)
- age and size
- disease
- milking frequency
colostrum
- first milk that cow produces after calving
- differs from normal milk in composition and properties (yellowish, salty, high serum protein and antibodies)
- within 72 hours compositino returns to that of fresh milk
effect of milk composition
- physio-chemical properties
- functional properties
- pricing of milk: based on fat and protein solids, varies between manufacturers, states and individual farmers
physical properties of milk
- appearance
- density
- osmotic pressure
- freezing point
- pH and acidity
appearance of milk
- opacity - due to suspended particles of fat, protein and certain minerals
- colour - white to slight yellow (due to carotene content)
density of milk
- 1.028 - 1.033 g/cm3 20 degrees
osmotic pressure of milk
- isotonic
freezing point of milk
- 0.512 to -0.59 degrees
pH and acidity of molk
- important indicator of microbial quality of raw milk
- conc. of H+ ion
- pH fresh milk = 6.6-6.8
- acidity = 0.13% lactic acid
components of milk
- fat globules
- casein micelles
- whey proteins
- lactose, salts and others
milk fat
- lipids soluble in non-polar organic solvents and insoluble or sparingly soluble in water water
- 87% water
- is an oil in water emulsion
- exists as small globules or droplets dispersed in the milk serum (0.1-20um diameter)
fat globule
- enveloped by a biological membrane similiar to that of a blood cells
- acts as an emulsifier
main classes of lipids
table in slides
fatty acid composition of triclglycerols (TAGS)
- several hundred
- 15FA’s - 95% present in TAGS
- sat FA - C4-C20
70% total FA’s under normal conditions - unsat FAs - mono, dienes, trienes
- low levels of polyunsat acids - C18:2 (approx 2%)
- C16, C18 and C18:1 are most abundant
- C4 is unique to milk fat