Milk and Milk Products Technology

The purpose of this text book is a sincere venture and effort to provide the basic fundamentals in a compact, simple, varied, and vivid picture of Milk and Milk products Technology comprehensively in a concise manner covering all the aspects of the Vet. Council of India Syllabus maintaining clarity on each topic. The sole objective of this book is aimed to help the Vet. Students; it is also beneficial to the students of Dairy Technology, Food Technology and even to the Dairy Industry as well. The text book apart from providing the basic information on the Dairy Scenario, Milk and its composition, properties, legal standards, nutritional importance, different dairy processes, technology of preparing various milk products, the microbiology of milk, quality control of milk and milk products themselves have a good buffering capacity. Thus maintaining a standard throughout the text book, necessary information has been provided lucidly in a comprehensive manner in the form of tables, flow diagrams thus enabling the authors to provide the vast accumulated data in the subject of dairying with a clarity and simplicity. Efforts have also been made by the authors to provide a practical manual to the benefit of the students and teachers in order to maintain the uniform standards Contents 1. Dairy Scenario 2. Milk Processing Plant Layout and Management 3. Milk and its Constituents 4. Factors Affecting the Composition of Milk 5. Physico-chemical Properties 6. Microbiology of Milk 7. Dairy Operations (Practices) 8. Dried Milk or Milk Powder 9. Dairy Products 10. Dairy by-products 11. Milk - Different Varieties/Forms 12. Quality Control of Milk and Milk Products 13. Milk Residues 14. Packaging 15. Cleaning and Disinfection