Food_Feeds (Food Technology & Allied science)

Skimmed Milk Powder Skim milk powder is prepared from fat–free milk. It is completely devoid of fat and vitamin A. It’s about 10 times as rich as fresh skim milk and contains about 35 % proteins. It can be used as a supplement to the diets of children. It is not suitable for feeding infants.

Full Fat Milk Powder It is eight times as rich as cow’s milk containing about 26 per cent proteins and 26 per cent fat. It can be reconstituted with 7 times its weight of warm water and is used in place of fresh milk.

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Milk and milk products Milk is a food for infants and supplement to the diets of children and adults. Milk is almost a complete food except for iron and vitamin C. Milk proteins are of high biological value - 100 ml of cow’s milk provides about 3.2g protein, 4.1g fat, 120 mg calcium, 0.19 mg riboflavin, 53µg of vitamin A and substantial amounts of B-vitamins and minerals. Fat content of buffalo milk is twice the amount present in cow’s milk.

Fruits Mango and papaya are in general good sources of β carotene, Amla and guava are very rich in vitamin C. They are the cheapest among the fruits. Tomato, citrus, papaya, cashew apple and pineapple are also the richest source of Vitamin C. Apple, banana and grapes are poor sources of vitamin C.