Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 25 issue 3 & 4 (2006) : 190-193

MICROBIAL ASSAY AND SHELF LIFE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS BRANDS OF PACKED MILK AVAILABLE IN AND AROUND MADURAI

Thahira Banu. A, P Geetha

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¹Department of Food Service Management and Ditetitics, The Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College For Women, Kilakarai.

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Cite article:- A Banu. Thahira, Geetha P (2024). MICROBIAL ASSAY AND SHELF LIFE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS BRANDS OF PACKED MILK AVAILABLE IN AND AROUND MADURAI. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 25(3): 190-193. doi: .

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Six brands of pasteurized milk packs were collected, which had a high market turnover In and around Madurai. The nutrients like protein, fat, lactose, calcium, total solids, solids non fat, microbial load, keeping quality and effectiveness of pasteurization were ana\yzed using standardized procedures. Curd was prepared out of the selected brands of milk and tested for organoleptic changes and shelf life for a period of 72 hours. From the study it was found that the nutrient composition of Arokya brand was within the standard limits with fat 3.65%, protein 3.47%, lactose 4.9%. All the samples had solid non fat and total solids with standard limits of 8.55 to 10.5% and 11.4% to 14% respectively. Bacterial count was also within standard microblal limlts of 1000–10,000 microbes per ml, Arokya, SNP, Vijay had very good keeping quality with

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