Anything dairy-related

Leon

Leon the Milkman has a B.Sc majoring in Food Science And Chemistry. Having had stints in most food industries, his love for dairy won and he has been working in the dairy industry in the Western Cape Province of South Africa since 1997. He is a Research Tech. and presents regular Cheese and Yoghurt Making Courses.

Dairy Allergies

Hi, Milkfans

Now there is a hot topic!

I have very funny (I have been told) views on this, for one thing, I do not consider being pricked with some substance, being an accurate test for food allergies, because everything we eat are digested and not deposited directly into the bloodstream!

Another thing – I come from a wheat farming area and my wife not – every time we go to visit my parents, her allergies fire up 😉
I know what you’re thinking!

Well I am not a doctor, and I won’t give too much advise, but I think if you suffer from any allergies it would be worth your while to check out Vitamin B5, C , A and E supplementation. Well of course all vitamins and minerals are important, but I have found these four to be especially helpful with allergies.

For some more objective advise you can check out the allergies sites linked to my other website: www.dairy-info.org

Kind Regards,
Leon the Milkman

 

The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook: Two Hundred Gourmet & Homestyle Recipes for the Food Allergic Family

Density vs. Specific Gravity

Hi, Milkfans

Density is measured as mass per volume (g/ml) at a specific temperature.

Specific Gravity is the relationship of the mass of a volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of water at the same temperature.

In dairy both the density and the specific gravity are influenced by the fat percentage and the SNF-percentage.

Top of the day to you,

Leon the Milkman

Investigative Control Biology

Hi, Milkfans

Some people have been asking what the above topic is. Well after fishing around or should I say milking my resources 😉 it seems that it has something to do with teaching students to think and to construct their own experiments around that.
Is thinking a new concept? Just joking!
I think dairy people will be more interested in something like investigative microbiology which is also out there.
The purpose of these courses are to give students experience in completing an independent science research project. Students will learn basic concepts before venturing into investigative work. Students will also practice basic lab techniques used to culture and view bacteria. They will research a project in which they design and conduct their own experiment and present their findings.This is an excellent way to pull theory together in an interesting way and helps a lot to solve problems when the students step into a real job someday. It greatly improves the thinking process in solving problems and helps to give the student a more finished and rounded education.

Now do not start mailing me and asking me who presents these courses, you are on the internet – you found me – get the idea!

Kind regards,
Leon the Milkman

Dairy Dictionary

Hi, Dairyfans

Confused with a dairy term you’ve never heard of before? Get your own dairy dictionary by registering here – that will set you right. 🙂
You will use it again and again.

My pleasure,
Leon the Milkman

Wedding Anniversary

Hi,

Yep, my wife and I are celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary today! Thanks, Love.
Like everything in life a relationship needs constant attention, may we have more time with each other this year.

I love you,
Leon

Bronopol

Hi, Milkpeople

Someone asked me what the milk preservative bronopol (we use in lab to preserve samples) was and I could not believe the hard time I had finding that out.
Well here’s the real name – get ready for it: 2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1,3-diol
So now you know!

Till next time,
Leon the Milkman

Ekomilk

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

Yeast in cheese.

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

Holes in cheese

Hi, Milkfans

Two types of holes to be found in cheese. The one is a mechanical , irregular hole, mainly caused by too little pressure. The other is a gashole which is round, smooth and shiny, and is caused by bacterial growth( hopefully the good kind).

Regards,
Leon the Milkman

Dairy Diet 2

Hi,

I think that a lot of the good effects of a diet incorporating dairy is that full cream dairy products are already balanced with the macronutrients, being Fats, Protein and Carbohydrates. This enables the body to get a more even formation of energy, because the fats and proteins slow the digestion and this gives an even rise of blood sugar. Products like milk and yoghurt are also high in moisture – thus it fills you up without a lot of calories/kilojoules.
High-carbohydrate foods tend to cause a fast blood sugar increase and a fast drop – that’s why when you eat cookies or sweets you want more and more and…

By the way a litre of full cream milk has 620 calories; compare that to the 3000 calories that an average man needs for weight maintanance.

Regards,
Leon the Milkman

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