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Spray and Roller Dried Milk Powder and Value Added Products

Today, the production of dried milks and milk products has become important segment of dairy industry due to their longer shelf life, requiring lesser storage space and lower shipping costs. Dry milk provides a means of preserving the excess milk supply during the flush season for use during the lean season. Value added dried  dairy products like malted milk foods, infant food and infant formula and dairy whitener are convenient ready to use products having wide acceptance.

The production of dried milks to a greater extent, is now being governed by the market requirement and to some specialised use of such products. Considerable quantities of dried skim milk powders are being used in the preparation of “Reconstituted and Recombined Milk”. Milk powders are also used extensively in the manufacture of ice cream, bakery products, confectionary products, cottage cheese and in other cheese varieties. The greatest proportion of milk powder is utilized in confectioneries such as milk chocolate, caramels, soft sweets, coatings,biscuits and cakes. In these products, milk powder has a special effect on the quality of particular products: it improves consistency, taste, and flavour, as well as nutritional value and shelf life.


However, the suitability of dried milk for different uses depends upon certain quality attributes of the powder. Some types of skim milk powders are found to be better suited for reconstitution purpose while certain other kinds are more suitable for bakery products. Therefore, attempts have been made to classify milk powder suitable for different end uses on the basis of certain attributes.

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