Milk And Dairy Production Flashcards
Define milk
- normal mammary secretion of milking animals
- it hour either addition to or extraction from it
- intended for consumption as liquid milk or further processing
Define raw milk
- milk that has not been heated beyond 40* or undergone any Tx that has an equivalent effect
Define milk product
- product obtained by any processing of milk which may contain food additives and other ingredients functionally necessary for processing
How does per capita consumption of milk butter and cheese differ around the world?
- different countries in different heirachy for consumption of milk (UK top) but not top creams and cheese
How has whole milk consumption changed over 10 years?
Decreased massively in UK
- China 5% increase in a year
- India 3% increase in a year!!
What market trends will affect dairy consumption in the future?
- Asian markets will govern dairy production
- massive ^ people >65yrs will affect habits of consumption
How ha world milk production changed over 10 yrs
Increased (despite Uk demand decreasing, other markets governing)
What happened with milk production 2014/15?
Massive increase in production
- probably because of high prices of milk 2013/14
Largest milk producers in the world
- US
- India
- China
- Brazil
- Germany
- Russia
- France
- NZ
- Turkey
- UK 10th
Chemical composition of milk
> water > fat (lipids) -~4% > solids (not fat) - 3% protein -4% lactose - minerals - acids - enzymes - vitamins > cheese more saturated fat > yogurt more probiotics
Why is milk consumption controversial?
- complex
- don’t look at individual studies, all conflicting
Average milk production per cow per year
- 2004: 6,700
- 2014: 7,900
Milk production chain
- mostly milk production within UK and consumed in UK
- mostly from dairy (tiny beef)
- some consume on farm, majority divide half and half liquid consumption and production purposes
Is consumption of raw milk legal?
Illegal Scotland, OK England Wales and Northern Ireland
How does risks of raw milk consumption compare to pastuerised?
- some risks even if pasteurised (40/120 cases)
- raw milk tiny % of milk consumed but double cases of outbreaks (70/120) statistics = 150x risks consuming raw milk