Milk Flashcards
How is milk synthesized and secreted?
Mammary gland cells
Smallest unit of milk synthesis?
Alveolus within the alveoli are secretory epithelial cells
Mary gland structure
Duct system is connected to?
Duct system connected to secretory and supporting tissues
Vascularization of tissue
Tissue is well vascularized so we can see blood vessel and capillaries
Important because milk contains components that come from the circulation
PH of milk
6.6. when we think about the pH of milk
Similar to the pH of plasma (slightly below neutrality)
Where is lactose synthesized
Lactose synthesized at Golgi apparatus into vesicles travels o apical end of cell and fuse to membrane where they are sent to the lumen
Majority of cows
Holsteins have the best milk production
Jersey cow milk
produce milk that have a slightly higher far content (example would be used in products like clotted cream)
Basics of cooling milk
Plate heat exchangers will be in most dairy farm facilities to being it down from 37 C to 4C (lower end of danger zone)
Plate and one side has cold water and the other has milk flowing over it. A good cold conductor and that is how the milk is cooled down so rapidly
Milk collection
Milk is the collected by the dairy farmers funded through quota and supply management of the industry. Everyone’s milk is combined/ picked up if you produce milk in Ontario. Picked up by dairy farmers of Ontario
Milk testing before pickup
Can test for fat level, microbes (to make sure animals are healthy)
Majority of milk content
Water
Fat content
3.4- 5.1 (jersey cow on higher end)
Protein content in milk
Controlled at 3.3 - 3.9
Lactose in milk
Not variable at 4.9 - 5
Ash minerals in milk
minerals and salts in the milk. We can recognize the major players are calcium, magnesium, phosphate, citrates (citric acid salts)
Freezing point of milk
-0.57 Close to water but because it has lactose and minerals it is slightly below zero
Casein protein content in milk
80% of total protein
Composition of types of casein
Alpha 40, beta 25, K 9
What do alpha S and beta ungerdo?
phosphorylated undergo post translational modification
Kappa caseins
unique because they are glycosylated sugar group as most translational modification