MILK Flashcards
Can indicate pus, colostrum, or late milk
yellowish creamy
Can indicate the addition of water for adulteration or skimming
blue thin/ thin creamy
Milk is produced under unhygienic conditions
visible dirt and impurity
Can indicate fermentation by yeast
bubbs, coagu, why separation
Can also indicate mastitis milk or milk adulterated by flour and/or skim milk powder.
It can also indicate early spoiling
small white clot
Can indicate the presence of blood in the milk
red/pink
Can indicate sour milk or mastitis milk
large clots
Result of growth of acid-producing bacteria that reduces lactose to lactic acid.
acid flavors
characterized by sweet and sour smell, thin and waterish appearance could be a result of bacterial activity and storage in closed container without proper ventilation
blue souring
Pure bitter flavor is detected by taste only
true
rancid flavor is detected by taste only
both senses
___ taste is a result of peptonizing of milk by Streptococcus liquefaciens
bitter
is a result of lipolysis (deterioration) of fat
rancidity
like garlic, onion, beets, poorly made silage, as well as certain plants and pastures can
cause off-flavor milk
feed flavors
Suggest very slight oxidation as well as low solids and/or low-fat milk
flat flavor
Suggestive of malt. Result of the growth of bacteria??
Steptococcus lactis var. maltigenes
Sometimes described as “oily”, “stale”, “tallowy”, or “cardboard”
oxidized flavor
Associated with milk from cow in an advanced stage of lactation or mastitis milk.
salty milk
salty milk is caused by an increase in ____ and low in ___ levels
chlorine; lactose
Suggest mustiness, staleness and foul stable air
unclean flavor
Caused by Pseudomonas producing esters
fruity aroma
aIndicate the presence of capsule producing bacteria such as Aerobacter aerogenes
slimy milk
slimy milk is caused by bacteria ___
aerobacter aerogenes
why milk clots?
high acidity) or high protein percentage like colostrum
some bacterial contaminants of the milk can attack the milk sugar (____) to form acid
lactose
primary
acid produced.
lactic acid
a dye which is colorless in acid environment and changes to red in alkaline solution
phenolphthalein
natural constituents of milk making it slightly acidic
protein and phosphates