Subject: Flavour problems in stored milk and cream:Chemical causes of flavour deterioration in pasteurized milk

In a study related to domestic practice, milk was laboratory pasteurized to give the time-temperature conditions of HTST pasteurization and stored in full glass bottles at 7°C in the dark for up to 14 days. The consumption of O₂ during storage was monitored, and the factors responsible for its consumption were quantitatively assessed. The principal factors were: loss through septum, 7.I per cent; ascorbic acid oxidation, 34 per cent; bacterial growth, 36.1 per cent: sulphydryl oxidation. 3.4 per cent. Thus, some 80.6 per cent of the O₂ consumed was accounted for. Lipid peroxidation used only 0.07 per cent. Lipolysis was also determined. Nevertheless, preliminary organoleptic findings indicated that oxidized flavour was the predominant element in 'stale' milk.     

Minimizing photooxidation in pasteurized milk by optimizing light transmission properties of green polyethylene films

The effect of different amounts of transmitted green light on photooxidation in pasteurized milk was studied. Five different green films produced with combinations of pigments and additives to minimize exposure to harmful wavelengths with regard to photosensitizers (400–450 and 600–650 nm) were evaluated. In addition, a non-colored transparent film and an orange film were compared with 1 selected green film. Pasteurized milk (3.9% fat) was packed in an air atmosphere and exposed to light for 14, 20, 26, and 32 h at 4°C under the different films. Samples stored in the dark were control samples. The results showed that the most-effective green film had low overall light transmission, and also almost completely blocked light wavelengths shorter than 450 nm and wavelengths longer than 600 nm, which prevented photooxidation of riboflavin and chlorophyllic compounds. Chlorophyll degradation was highly correlated with sensory properties (coefficient of determination = 0.80–0.94). To preserve milk quality, total blocking of all visible light would be preferable. If total blocking is not feasible, then light transmission for wavelength below 450 nm and above 650 nm should be minimized (e.g., less than 5%). The newly developed green film can be used as a prototype for protection of dairy products to reduce the degradation of photosensitizers.     

A partial supplementation of pasteurized milk with vitamin C,iron and zinc

After supplementation trials, vitamin C, iron and zinc levels were increased by 1789%, 59% and 30%, respectively. Partially supplemented pasteurized milk could be a new alternative with its high nutritive value, good sensory properties and low cost.     

A parrtial supplementation of pasteurized milk with vitamin C,iron and zinc

After supplementation trials, vitamin C, iron and zinc levels were increased by 1789%, 59% and 30%, respectively. Partially supplemented pasteurized milk could be a new alternative with its high nutritive value, good sensory properties and low cost.     

The effect of vitamin concentrates on the flavor of pasteurized fluid milk

Fluid milk consumption in the United States continues to decline. As a result, the level of dietary vitamin D provided by fluid milk in the United States diet has also declined. Undesirable flavor(s)/off flavor(s) in fluid milk can negatively affect milk consumption and consumer product acceptability. The objectives of this study were to identify aroma-active compounds in vitamin concentrates used to fortify fluid milk, and to determine the influence of vitamin A and D fortification on the flavor of milk. The aroma profiles of 14 commercial vitamin concentrates (vitamins A and D), in both oil-soluble and water-dispersible forms, were evaluated by sensory and instrumental volatile compound analyses. Orthonasal thresholds were determined for 8 key aroma-active compounds in skim and whole milk. Six representative vitamin concentrates were selected to fortify skim and 2% fat pasteurized milks (vitamin A at 1,500–3,000 IU/qt, vitamin D at 200–1,200 IU/qt, vitamin A and D at 1,000/200–6,000/1,200 IU/qt). Pasteurized milks were evaluated by sensory and instrumental volatile compound analyses and by consumers. Fat content, vitamin content, and fat globule particle size were also determined. The entire experiment was done in duplicate. Water-dispersible vitamin concentrates had overall higher aroma intensities and more detected aroma-active compounds than oil-soluble vitamin concentrates. Trained panelists and consumers were able to detect flavor differences between skim milks fortified with water-dispersible vitamin A or vitamin A and D, and unfortified skim milks. Consumers were unable to detect flavor differences in oil-soluble fortified milks, but trained panelists documented a faint carrot flavor in oil-soluble fortified skim milks at higher vitamin A concentrations (3,000–6,000 IU). No differences were detected in skim milks fortified with vitamin D, and no differences were detected in any 2% milk. These results demonstrate that vitamin concentrates may contribute to off flavor(s) in fluid milk, especially in skim milk fortified with water-dispersible vitamin concentrates.     

Storage and transport of pasteurized milk

This paper reviews briefly the various systems for the storage and transport of pasteurized milk. Each link in the chain to doorstep delivery is described and there is some discussion of systems of distribution of cartoned milk for non-doorstep trade. The principal themes of the paper are the relationship between the doorstep delivery system and volume sales, and the interdependence of this system and the returnable glass container. The author argues that future progress should be limited to a refinement of the present system, and fundamental change must be avoided.     

Evaluation of polyethylene terephthalate as a packaging material for premium quality whole pasteurized milk in Greece

Chemical, microbiological and sensorial changes in premium quality whole pasteurized milk stored at 4 °C under fluorescent light was studied for a period of 13 days. Milk containers tested included 1 l bottles made of (a) clear PET + UV blocker, 350–400 μm in thickness bearing a transparent label, (b) clear PET + UV blocker, 350–400 μm in thickness bearing a white colored label, (c) clear PET 350–400 μm in thickness. Milk packaged in 1 l coated paperboard cartons and stored under the same experimental conditions served as the “commercial control” sample. Data were obtained for lipid oxidation, lipolysis, proteolysis, vitamin A, E and riboflavin content, microbial growth including mesophilic and psychrotrophic counts and sensorial attributes (odor and taste) of whole pasteurized milk. Results showed satisfactory protection of milk packaged in all containers with regard to microbiological and chemical parameters assessed over the 13-day period. Based on sensory analysis, the shelf life of premium quality whole pasteurized milk tested in the present study was 10–11 days for both samples packaged in clear PET + UV bottles and in paperboard cartons and 8–9 days for clear PET bottles. Vitamin E losses recorded after 10 days of storage were respectively 42.7, 53.6 and 43.9% for samples packaged in clear PET + UV protected bottles, clear PET and control samples. Respective losses for riboflavin were 38.7, 52.5 and 35.0%. Average losses for vitamin A were 20.6% for all packaging materials. Clear PET + UV provided equal or better protection to milk as compared to the paperboard carton. Clear PET was the least effective in retaining light-sensitive vitamins. Based on spectral transmission curves of packaging materials tested, it is suggested that the use of a UV blocking agent in combination with a dark color pigmentation (blue, green etc.) in fresh milk packaging will provide a better protection to light-sensitive vitamins in cases where the expected shelf life of milk exceeds 5–6 days.     

Evaluation of polyethylene terephthalate as a packaging material for premium quality whole pasteurized milk in Greece

Chemical, microbiological, and sensorial changes in premium quality whole pasteurized milk stored at 4 °C under fluorescent light for one day followed by storage in the dark for an additional 12 days was studied. Milk containers tested included 1 l bottles made of (a) clear PET + UV blocker, 350–400μm in thickness bearing a transparent label, (b) clear PET + UV blocker, 350–400 μm in thickness bearing a white colored label, (c) clear PET 350–400 μm in thickness. Milk packaged in 1 l coated paperboard cartons and stored under the same experimental conditions served as the “commercial control” sample. Data were obtained for lipid oxidation, lipolysis, proteolysis, vitamin A, E, and riboflavin content, microbial growth including mesophilic and psychrotrophic counts and sensorial attributes (odor and taste) of whole pasteurized milk. Results showed satisfactory protection of milk packaged in all containers with regard to microbiological and chemical parameters assessed over the 13 day period. Based on sensory analysis, the shelf life of premium quality whole pasteurized milk tested in the present study was 10–11 days for samples packaged in clear PET+UV bottles and 9–10 days for clear PET bottles and paperboard cartons. Vitamin A losses recorded after 10 days of storage were respectively 15.9, 20.6, and 14.3% for samples packaged in clear PET+UV protected bottles, clear PET, and control samples. Respective losses for Vitamin E were 26.4, 36.6, and 35.0% and for riboflavin 32.9, 38.3, and 32.5%. Clear PET + UV provided equal or better protection to milk as compared to the paperboard carton. Clear PET was the least effective in retaining light-sensitive vitamins. Based on spectral transmission curves of packaging materials tested, it is suggested that the use of a UV blocking agent in combination with a dark color pigmentation (blue, green etc.) in fresh milk packaging will provide a better protection to light-sensitive vitamins in cases where the expected shelf life of milk exceeds 5–6 days.     

Storage stability of butter oils produced from sheep’s non-pasteurized and pasteurized milk

The physical and chemical characteristics and thermal stability of butter oil produced from non-pasteurized and pasteurized sheep’s milk were studied. Thermal stability of samples was estimated by using the accelerated shelf-life testing method. Samples were stored at 60, 70 and 80 °C in the dark and the reaction was monitored by measuring peroxide, thiobarbituric acid and free fatty acid values. The peroxide and thiobarbituric acid values increased as the temperature increased. The increase of acid values of the two samples was not significant. A slight increase in free fatty acid value showed that hydrolytic reactions were not responsible for the deterioration of butter oil samples in thermal stability studies. When compared, butter oil produced from pasteurized sheep’s milk has higher thermal stability than butter oil produced from non-pasteurized sheep’s milk. Although butter oil produced from non-pasteurized milk was not exposed to any heat treatment, the shelf-life of this product was lower than the shelf-life of butter oil produced from pasteurized sheep’s milk. Therefore, heat treatment for pasteurization did not affect the thermal stability of butter oil.     

Phosphatase activity levels in pasteurized goats' milk

A study of the effect of pasteurization on goats' milk took place in order to compare the effectiveness of two pasteurization processes (low and high pasteurization) by assessing the procedure microbiologically and biochemically. The results revealed that both pasteurization processes were effective, showing microbial destruction of approximately 100%. With regard to the determination of phosphatase activity to monitor pasteurization, data in both cases were higher than the limit established for a well pasteurized milk, according to the method used. Machine milked milk showing a lower microbial content nearly achieved the standard level by batch pasteurization, 0.75 μg phenol/ml, but 2.5 μg phenol/ml by the high temperature short time (HTST) method. Phosphatase activity levels of 1.8 and 4.3 μg phenol/ml were the mean values obtained for low and high pasteurization respectively. Our results lead to the conclusion that the batch method for pasteurization of goats' milk is more efficient in terms of total bacterial count than the HTST method. Furthermore, the technique used for the determination of phosphatase activity does not seem to be adequate for pasteurization control of goats' milk, since in very rare situations were we able to attain the limit established.     

Nisin在巴氏消毒乳中的应用

本文研究了不同浓度的Nisin对巴氏消毒乳的保藏作用,结果表明在巴氏消毒乳杀菌前加入一定量的Nisin,能够大大延长巴氏消毒乳的保质期。     

Flavor and stability of pasteurized milk with elevated levels of conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid

The objectives of this study were to determine if flavor differences between 2% fat pasteurized milks with and without naturally enhanced vaccenic acid (VA) and cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) levels could be detected over the commercial shelf life of the product and to determine if milk with elevated VA and cis-9, trans-11 CLA levels was more susceptible to development of light-induced oxidative flavor defects. Cows were fed a control diet or the same ration supplemented with 2% soybean oil and 1% fish oil (CLA diet). The milk, standardized to 2% fat, was pasteurized, homogenized, and stored in plastic containers at 4 degrees C. Oxidation was induced by exposing half of the containers to light. Testing was conducted at 1, 7, and 14 d postpasteurization. Average cis-9, trans-11 CLA content of the milks from the control and CLA diet groups was 0.52 and 4.74 g/100 g of fatty acids, respectively (8-fold increase). Average VA content of the milk from the control and CLA diet groups was 1.43 and 12.06 g/100 g of fatty acids, respectively (7.5-fold increase). Together, VA plus CLA represented almost 17% of the total milk fatty acids. There was no effect of light exposure on fatty acid composition initially or over the 14-d storage period. Although VA, cis-9, trans-11 CLA, and degree of unsaturation were significantly elevated in the milk from the CLA diet group, untrained panelists were unable to detect flavor differences initially or over time in 15 of 16 triangle test evaluations. Similarly, sensory results indicated no difference in susceptibility to the development of oxidized off-flavors between the milk from the control and CLA diet groups, even when oxidation was induced by light exposure.     

Post-consumer contamination in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk bottles and the design of a bottle-to-bottle recycling process.

Six hundred conventional recycled HDPE flake samples, which were recollected and sorted in the UK, were screened for post-consumer contamination levels. Each analysed sample consisted of 40-50 individual flakes so that the amount of analysed individual containers was in the range 24,000-30,000 post-consumer milk bottles. Predominant contaminants in hot-washed flake samples were unsaturated oligomers, which can be also be found in virgin high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pellet samples used for milk bottle production. In addition, the flavour compound limonene, the degradation product of antioxidant additives di-tert-butylphenol and low amounts of saturated oligomers were found in higher concentrations in the post-consumer samples in comparison with virgin HDPE. However, the overall concentrations in post-consumer recycled samples were similar to or lower than concentration ranges in comparison with virgin HDPE. Contamination with other HDPE untypical compounds was rare and was in most cases related to non-milk bottles, which are <2.1% of the input material of the recycling process. The maximum concentration found in one sample of 1 g was estimated as 130 mg kg(-1), which corresponds to a contamination of 5200-6500 mg kg(-1) in the individual bottle. The recycling process investigated was based on an efficient sorting process, a hot-washing of the ground bottles, and a further deep-cleaning of the flakes with high temperatures and vacuum. Based on the fact that the contamination levels of post-consumer flake samples are similar to virgin HDPE and on the high cleaning efficiency of the super-clean recycling process especially for highly volatile compounds, the recycling process investigated is suitable for recycled post-consumer HDPE bottles for direct food-contact applications. However, hand-picking after automatically sorting is recommended to decrease the amount of non-milk bottles. The conclusions for suitability are valid, provided that the migration testing of recyclate contains milk bottles up to 100% and that both shelf-life testing and sensorial testing of the products are successful, which are topics of further investigations.     

浅析巴氏杀菌奶在中国的发展前景

介绍了巴氏杀菌奶的生产加工工艺,阐述了制约我国巴氏杀菌奶发展的主要因素,通过对国内外乳业巴氏杀菌奶发展形势的对比,说明巴氏杀菌奶在我国有着广阔的发展空间。     

巴氏牛奶中蜡样芽孢杆菌的风险评估

为了了解巴氏牛奶中蜡样芽孢杆菌的风险状况，调查研究了北京地区乳品企业巴氏牛奶的运输和销售的总体情况以及北京地区居民牛奶消费的相关情况，结合预测微生物学的方法建立了巴氏牛奶中蜡样芽孢杆菌在流通领域的暴露评估模型。从整个评估过程来看，流通领域的温度和时间是影响巴氏奶安全性的主要因素。     

Analysis of triazine herbicides residues in butter and pasteurized milk

Summary A method has been developed for the determination of atrazine, cyanazine, prometryn, simazine, and terbutryn residues in butter. The residues were extracted from the matrix with a mixture of petroleum ether/methanol (3 + 1), and from the separated water-methanol phase extraction was carried out with chloroform. The extract was cleaned up on an alumina column. Capillary glass liquid chromatography using a 15 m × 0.32 mm glass capillary column coated with OV-1 and an alcali flame ionization detector were employed for the analysis of the residues. The analyses were evaluated by the internal standard method, using metribuzin as the internal standard. The recovery of the method was 68.7%–79.8% for the individual herbicides under study at the fortification level of 0.1 mg · kg^–1 and 79.2%–91.9% at the fortification level of 0.02 mg · kg^–1. The determination limit of the method was 0.005 mg · kg^–1.When centrifuging full milk, residues of triazines were partitioned between the water and fat phases, whereby 17%–82% of the residues were transferred to the milk fat. Samples of commercial butter were analysed and found to contain 0.005–0.023 mg · kg^–1 atrazine.

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Analyse der Rückstände der Triazin-Herbicide in Butter und Milch

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Methode für die Bestimmung der Rückstände von Atrazin, Cyanazin, Prometryn, Simazin und Terbutryn in Butter beschrieben. Die Rückstände werden aus der Butter mit einem Petrolether/Methanol-Gemisch (3 + 1) und weiter aus der geschiedenen Wasser-Methanol-Phase mittels Chloroform ausgezogen. Der Extrakt wird auf einer Aluminiumoxid-Säule gereinigt. Für die End-Analyse wird Capillargaschromatographie auf einer Glasscapillar-Säule (15 m × 0,32 mm) mit der OV-1-Stationärphase und einem thermoionischen Alkaliflammenlonisations-Detektor (N/P-FID) verwendet. Die Auswertung der Analyse geschieht mit der Standardmethode, wobei Metribuzin als innerer Standard dient. Die Wiederfmdungsraten der Methode sind 68,7 bis 79,8% für die einzelnen Herbicide in Modellversuchen bei Zugabe von 0,1 mg · kg^–1 und 79,2 bis 91,9% bei Zugabe von 0,02 mg · kg^–1. Die Empfindlichkeit der Methode ist 0,005 mg · kg^–1.Bei der Zentrifugierung von Milch wurde die Verteilung der Triazin-Herbicidrückstände zwischen der Wasser- und Fett-Phase festgestellt, wobei der Anteil der Herbicide in Milchfett 17 bis 82% betrug. In den analysierten Proben von Butter des Handels wurden medrigere Konzentrationen (0,005–0,023 mg · kg^–1) von Atrazin gefunden.

     

The survival of foot-and-mouth disease virus in raw and pasteurized milk and milk products

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus (FMDV) is not a public health threat, but it is highly contagious to cloven-footed animals. The virus is shed into milk up to 33 h before there are apparent signs of the disease in dairy cows, and, in extreme cases, signs of disease may not appear for up to 14 d. During this time, raw milk can serve as a vector for spread of the disease both at the farm and during transport to the processing plant by milk tanker. Raw milk and milk products fed to animals have the potential to cause infection, but the potential for pasteurized milk products to cause infection is largely unknown. Current minimum pasteurization standards may not be adequate to eliminate FMDV in milk completely. The purpose of this paper is to assess the literature on the thermal resistance of FMDV in milk and milk products, to identify the risks associated with ingestion of pasteurized products by animals, and to lay a strategy to prevent the spread of FMDV from contaminated milk.