Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk

Milk produced by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is used in a number of ways but primarily to meet family needs and the needs of calves. Milk may be sold to neighbors and to consumers in nearby town or village. Milk excess of family requirements is usually processed into butter and cheese. Unhygi...

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Autores principales: Ummuna, V.I., Tessema, A.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: MOA 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50449
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author Ummuna, V.I.
Tessema, A.
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description Milk produced by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is used in a number of ways but primarily to meet family needs and the needs of calves. Milk may be sold to neighbors and to consumers in nearby town or village. Milk excess of family requirements is usually processed into butter and cheese. Unhygienic milk production and processing condition result in inferior products with a short shelf-life milk and milk products that may be produced particularly during periods of maximum milk production will be spoiled, resulting in an economic loss to the smallholder. Butter preservation techniques will result in more milk being processed and in products of better quality and longer shelf-life. The experiment described was carried out to determine the feasibility of increasing the shelf-life of milk by chemical means and to investigate alternative preservation techniques. Accordingly the experimental result revealed that addition of thiocyanate extended the shelf-life of milk stored at different temperatures. The greater the amount of added thiocyanate and the lower the storage temperature the longer the shelf-life. In addition, the better the hygienic quality of the milk the better the effect of added thiocyanate. The experimental finding will demonstrate to smallholders and lager-scale milk producers and processors the possibilities and merits of the preservation method used.
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spelling CGSpace504492016-05-30T17:53:06Z Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk Ummuna, V.I. Tessema, A. milk food quality preservation chemicals small farms dairy hygiene Milk produced by smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is used in a number of ways but primarily to meet family needs and the needs of calves. Milk may be sold to neighbors and to consumers in nearby town or village. Milk excess of family requirements is usually processed into butter and cheese. Unhygienic milk production and processing condition result in inferior products with a short shelf-life milk and milk products that may be produced particularly during periods of maximum milk production will be spoiled, resulting in an economic loss to the smallholder. Butter preservation techniques will result in more milk being processed and in products of better quality and longer shelf-life. The experiment described was carried out to determine the feasibility of increasing the shelf-life of milk by chemical means and to investigate alternative preservation techniques. Accordingly the experimental result revealed that addition of thiocyanate extended the shelf-life of milk stored at different temperatures. The greater the amount of added thiocyanate and the lower the storage temperature the longer the shelf-life. In addition, the better the hygienic quality of the milk the better the effect of added thiocyanate. The experimental finding will demonstrate to smallholders and lager-scale milk producers and processors the possibilities and merits of the preservation method used. 2000 2014-10-31T06:09:14Z 2014-10-31T06:09:14Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50449 en Limited Access MOA
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food quality
preservation
chemicals
small farms
dairy hygiene
Ummuna, V.I.
Tessema, A.
Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
title Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
title_full Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
title_fullStr Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
title_full_unstemmed Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
title_short Effect of thiocyanate on shelf-life of milk
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topic milk
food quality
preservation
chemicals
small farms
dairy hygiene
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