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Chapter 3 – <strong>Milk</strong> <strong>and</strong> dairy product composition 69<br />

• evaporated skimmed milk – maximum milk fat 1 percent m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk<br />

prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m<br />

• evaporated partly skimmed milk – milk fat content between 1 <strong>and</strong> 7.5 percent<br />

m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m<br />

• evaporated high-fat milk – m<strong>in</strong>imum milk fat 15 percent m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk<br />

prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m.<br />

Evaporated milk products are sterilized <strong>in</strong> their retail conta<strong>in</strong>ers (120 °C/13 m<strong>in</strong>utes)<br />

(Williams, 2002), <strong>and</strong> nutrient loss will occur, as discussed <strong>in</strong> Section 3.3.2.<br />

Dry milk/milk powder<br />

<strong>Milk</strong> whole dried (0897): <strong>Milk</strong> <strong>and</strong> cream from which water has been completely<br />

removed by various methods. In form of powder, granules or other solid forms. May<br />

conta<strong>in</strong> added sugar or other sweeteners.<br />

<strong>Milk</strong> skimmed dried (0898): Same as 0897, but from skim milk. Normally does not<br />

exceed 1.5 percent fat content.<br />

The CODEX st<strong>and</strong>ard for milk powders <strong>and</strong> cream powder (<strong>FAO</strong> <strong>and</strong> WHO,<br />

2010d) sets out the follow<strong>in</strong>g st<strong>and</strong>ards for milk <strong>and</strong> cream powders:<br />

• whole milk powder – m<strong>in</strong>imum 26 percent milk fat, maximum 42 percent<br />

m/m; maximum water 5 percent m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solidsnot-fat<br />

34 percent m/m<br />

• partly skimmed milk powder – milk fat more than 1.5 percent <strong>and</strong> less than<br />

26 percent m/m; maximum water 5 percent m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />

milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m<br />

• skimmed-milk powder – maximum milk fat 1.5 percent m/m; maximum water<br />

5 percent m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m<br />

• cream powder – m<strong>in</strong>imum milk fat 42 percent m/m; maximum water 5 percent<br />

m/m; m<strong>in</strong>imum milk prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk solids-not-fat 34 percent m/m.<br />

<strong>Milk</strong> powders reflect the composition of the orig<strong>in</strong>al milks from which they are<br />

made (see, for example, Marconi <strong>and</strong> Panfili, 1998).<br />

Dry whole milk has a short shelf-life because the fat becomes rancid easily,<br />

whereas dried skimmed milk (skimmed-milk powder), because of its lower fat<br />

content, has a shelf-life of about three years if stored <strong>in</strong> cool conditions with low<br />

humidity (Hoppe et al., 2008).<br />

Dry whey (0900): Used <strong>in</strong> both food <strong>and</strong> animal feed.<br />

Whey is the liquid part of milk that rema<strong>in</strong>s after the case<strong>in</strong> has coagulated <strong>in</strong><br />

cheese production.<br />

The CODEX st<strong>and</strong>ard for whey powders (<strong>FAO</strong> <strong>and</strong> WHO, 2010e) requires the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g composition for whey powder:<br />

• lactose – reference content 61.0 percent (m/m)<br />

• milk prote<strong>in</strong> – m<strong>in</strong>imum content 10.0 percent (m/m)<br />

• milk fat – reference content 2.0 percent (m/m)<br />

• water – maximum content 5.0 percent (m/m)<br />

• ash – maximum content 9.5 percent (m/m).

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