Milk 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...

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...

Incidence of Toxin Producing Bacteria in Milk and Milk Products

Milk and milk products is a very good source to support the growth of microorganism. Their presence may cause health hazards. Considering its unhygienic aspects in view, the present study was undertaken to judge the occurrence of toxin producing microorganism. A good number of milk, curd, ice-cream and khoa samples supplied to Tura town (Head quarter of District West Garo Hills, Meghalaya) were...

Electron Microscopy of Milk and Milk Products: Problems and Possibilities

Milk and dairy products have frequently been studied by transmissionand scanning electron microscopy. The specimen preparation procedure may considerably influence the final result, and formation of artefacts is frequently observed. In this respect, formation of ice crystals during cryofixation is a well-known phenomenon. But dehydration, to an extent such as is required for embedding procedure...