Ekomilk

Posted on March 7th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News.

Hi,

I had an Ekomilk Milk Analyser in the lab today to calibrate. It was one of the older models and had 2 testing channels; for cow and sheep milk .
I think for most dairies in South Africa it would be more practical to have a processed cow’s milk channel and a raw cow’s milk channel, except if you have sheep, haha.
If you are not familiar with this little piece of equipment, it tests milk with ultrasound technology instead of the Infra-Red technology I am used to. I think it does a pretty stand-up job for the price and it very robust, so that anybody can work with it in most conditions.. Thumbs up!

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman

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Yeast in cheese.

Posted on March 7th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, Dairy Science.

Hi, Cheesefans

If you made cheese and you end up with a spongy curd that smells like beer brewing, bread or pineapple when you press on it and smell close by at the same time, then it is a pretty sure thing that you have yeast in that curd. To confirm you will have to have a yeast-and-mold test done at a microbiology lab. This takes a full 5 days.

You’ll have to make processed cheese ;-)

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman

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