Insects in Milk Powder Products

[Aflatoxin M1 in milk and milk products].

Lactulose: Significance in Milk and Milk Products

Lactose, a unique disaccharide, occurring exclusively in the mammalian milk plays an important role in nutrition. Most of the lactose that is manufactured on an industrial scale is produced from whey derived from the production of cheese, casein or paneer using crystallization and purification technologies. Lactose can be converted to various derivatives like lactitol, lactobionic acid, galacto...

Surface energy analysis (SEA) and rheology of powder milk dairy products.

Results of inverse gas chromatography adsorption/desorption experiments using selected probes on skimmed milk, whey and demineralised whey powder materials are presented. The dispersive component of surface energy was found to be dominant, indicating a low polarity character. Surface energy profiles of demineralised whey and skimmed milk showed a characteristic steep exponential decrease from a...

Using Insects\' Body Powder as a Complementary Growth Factor in Fungal Culture Media

Introduction: Nutritional requirements of fungi are essential for their successful growth in laboratories. Some fungi feed on the compounds present in the insects' bodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of insects' body powder (IBP) as a supplement for the fungi growth in culture media. Methods: We used 10 mg of IBP, obtained from Anopheles superpictus and Culex theileri mosqu...

Pesticides Residue in Milk and Milk Products: Mini Review

Livestock is an important sub-sector of agriculture that plays a key role in economy of a country by contributing to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and in total export. Pakistan is the 5 largest milk producer in the world with a total milk production of about 46.44 billion liters per anum. Almost 68% milk is produced by buffalo and 27% by cow. Pesticides used in agriculture sector may transfer to...