Nutritional Value

Both condensed milk and evaporated milk have better keeping quality and hence they are accepted as convenient products for household use. Since only water is removed from milk it is considered that all nutritional compounds available in milk are also present in the final product also in proportion to concentration factor. Thus both type of concentrated milk have high nutritional value as compared to plain milk.Both are rich in fat and fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, body building proteins,minerals and energy giving lactose. Evaporated milk is suitable for infant feeding,since it makes soft curd, which is easily digested. Some loss of vitamins B2 and vitamin C is caused by heating and sterilization. But the loss has minor effect on the biological value and digestibility of milk proteins.