Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 35 issue 1 (march 2016) : 10-16

Process optimization for in-line production of Rabri

Santosh Chopde*, Bikram Kumar, Prashant Minz
1<p>Dairy Engineering Division,&nbsp;ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132 001, India</p>
Cite article:- Chopde* Santosh, Kumar Bikram, Minz Prashant (2016). Process optimization for in-line production of Rabri . Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 35(1): 10-16. doi: 10.18805/ajdfr.v35i1.9245.

Scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) was integrated with conical process vat (CPV) for in-line production of rabri. Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the process parameters on the basis of sensory score, chromatic and textural attributes. The four factors considered for optimization were initial concentration of milk in SSHE, final concentration of milk in CPV, ratio of clotted cream layer (CCL) to sweetened concentrated milk (SCM) and steam pressure of CPV during removal of CCL. Optimum parameters predicted for rabri production were initial concentration of milk to 30% total solids (TS) in SSHE, final concentration of milk to 40% TS in CPV before sugar addition, 0.167 CCL/SCM ratio and 0.8 kg/cm2 steam pressure of CPV during removal of CCL. The observed values for flavour, body and texture, colour and appearance, overall acceptability, firmness, L*, a* and b* were 7.97, 7.93, 8.23, 8.067, 0.3540, 75.907, 01.14 and 16.3197 respectively. 


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