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CALCULATOR FOR DETERMINING THE FAT CONCENTRATION IN RAW MILK REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A WHOLE MILK POWDER OF A SPECIFIED FAT CONCENTRATION Whole milk powders with a range of fat concentrations are available commercially. The dairy technologist should be able to standardise the fat concentration of milk to enable the production of a powder of a specified fat concentration. Perhaps the simplest way to do this is to calculate how many times the milk-solids-not-fat has been concentrated in the powder compared with the raw milk; the SNF of raw milk is usually around 8.5. This factor e.g. 8.45 is then divided into the desired fat concentration of the powder e.g. 26% to give the required fat concentration in the raw milk. The calculator below has been programmed to undertake this calculation and can be used to confirm the results of calculations at production level. Download an Excel spreadsheet for doing these calculations.
Notes. How to cite this article Mullan, W.M.A. (2008) [On-line] UK: Available: Accessed:
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