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Cultured Butter Milk
The final product resulting from treating pasteurized skimmed or partially skimmed milk with a culture of lactic acid bacteria.
Fresh Milk
Fluid, whole milk containing approximately 4% butterfat.
Pasteurized Milk
Whole milk heated to temperature not lower than 145°F for 30 minutes, or 161°F for not less than 15 seconds, then cooled immediately to 50°F.
Homogenized Milk
Pasteurized milk treated mechanically to reduce size and breakup the fat globules and to disperse them permanently through the milk.
Skim Milk
Fresh fluid milk which contains not more than 0.1% butterfat.
Soured Milk
Artificially soured; to 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice in a measuring cup, add milk to one cup line.
Yoghurt
Made by fermenting concentrated whole milk with a special culture; has custard-like consistency.
Evaporated Milk
Is pasteurized whole milk from which about 50% of water has been removed; then it is homogenized and vitamin D added before it is sealed and sterilized. It is not sweetened.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Milk from which on-half of the water has been removed and sugar has been added.
Dry Whole Milk
Made by removing water from whole milk; contains not more than 4% moisture and 26% butter-fat.
Nonfat Dry Milk
product resulting from removal of fat and water from milk; contains lactose milk proteins and minerals in same relative proportions as fresh milk from which made. It contains not over 5% by weight of moisture. The fat content is not over 1½% by weight unless otherwise indicated.
Half and Half
A mixture of milk and cream; usually 10-12% butterfat.
Light Cream
Sometimes referred to as table or coffee; 18% to 20% butterfat.
Whipping Cream
A cream which contains between 30% to 36% butterfat.
Dairy Sour Cream
Commercial pasteurized and homogenized cream to which selected cultures have been added; about 18% butterfat.