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FOOD SCIENCESINVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ENHANCEMENT <strong>OF</strong> COW’S MILKOXIDATIVE STABILITYUnigunde Antone, Vita Šterna, Jeļena ZagorskaLatvia University of Agriculturee-mail: u.antone@gmail.com; vita.sterna@inbox.lv; jelena.zagorska@llu.lvAbstractThe quality and nutritional value of milk and dairy products are considerably influenced by the stability of itsconstituents. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of enhancing oxidative stability of cow’smilk fat and vitamin B 2using carrots and palm oil feed supplement CAF 100 as sources of natural antioxidants incow feed. Milk samples were collected after 25-day period of feed supplementation. The intensity of riboflavin lossesduring its photo oxidative degradation in sunlight was measured by the fluorometric method. A slight and significant(p 99% palm stearin (Carotino, 2006). It is rich incarotenes and vitamin E (approximately 120, and300 ppm, respectively), providing 120 mg of vitaminE to the TG2 group per cow per day additionally.164 Research for Rural Development 2012

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