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Evaporated milk, also known as dehydrated milk, is a shelf-stable canned milk
Milk

Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digestion other types of food....
 product with about 60% of the water removed from fresh milk. It differs from condensed milk
Condensed milk

Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is Milk#Cow's milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product that can last for years without refrigeration if unopened....
, which contains added sugar. Condensed milk requires less processing since the added sugar inhibits bacterial growth.

When mixed with an equal amount of water, evaporated milk becomes the equivalent of fresh milk. This means the actual liquid product takes up half the space of fresh milk, making it attractive for shipping purposes and can have a shelf life of months or even years, depending upon the brand.






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Evaporated milk, also known as dehydrated milk, is a shelf-stable canned milk
Milk

Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digestion other types of food....
 product with about 60% of the water removed from fresh milk. It differs from condensed milk
Condensed milk

Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is Milk#Cow's milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product that can last for years without refrigeration if unopened....
, which contains added sugar. Condensed milk requires less processing since the added sugar inhibits bacterial growth.

When mixed with an equal amount of water, evaporated milk becomes the equivalent of fresh milk. This means the actual liquid product takes up half the space of fresh milk, making it attractive for shipping purposes and can have a shelf life of months or even years, depending upon the brand. This made evaporated milk very popular before refrigeration as a safe and reliable substitute for perishable fresh milk, that could be shipped easily to locations lacking the means of safe milk production or storage. Households in the affluent Western World use it most often today for dessert
Dessert

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses....
s and baking due to its unique flavor.

Definition


According to the U.S. Government (21CFR131.130): "Evaporated milk is the liquid food obtained by partial removal of water only from milk. It contains not less than 6.5 percent by weight of milk fat, not less than 16.5 percent by weight of milk solids not fat, and not less than 23 percent by weight of total milk solids ... It is homogenized. It is sealed in a container ... processed by heat ... to prevent spoilage."

Vitamin D
Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 . The term vitamin D also refers to metabolites and other analogues of these substances....
: Each fluid ounce of the food shall contain 25 International Units (IU)

Vitamin A
Vitamin A

Vitamin A, a bi-polar molecule formed with bi-polar covalent bonds between carbon and hydrogen, is linked to a family of similarly shaped molecules, the retinoids, which complete the remainder of the vitamin sequence....
: is optional, but if added, each fluid ounce of the food shall contain not less than 125 IU.

History


Condensed milk was introduced to the U.S. by Gail Borden
Gail Borden

Gail Borden, Jr. was a 19th century United States of America inventor, surveyor, publisher and was the inventor of condensed milk 1856....
 which he made using a process under the patent issued on August 19, 1856. It became popular for those people who were remote from farm sources, since it was capable of long term storage. The invention of evaporated milk followed three decades later when John B. Meyenberg emigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland where he had devised the process, but had no support to begin production. He obtained two U.S. patents for his process and sterilizing
Sterilization (microbiology)

Sterilization refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents from a surface, equipment, article of food or medication, or biological culture medium....
 apparatus, issued on November 25, 1884. He formed the Helvetia Milk Condensing Company on February 14, 1885, with a number of farmers and businessmen of Highland, Illinois
Highland, Illinois

Highland is a city in Madison County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,438 at the 2000 census. Highland began as a Swiss settlement and derived its name from later German Immigrants....
, as stockholders. By June 14, 1885, the first canned "Highland Evaporated Cream" was ready to be marketed.

There were problems with the new product, with premature spoilage in early batches. Over the next few years, Louis Latzer and Dr. Werner Schmidt solved the problems which had been found to be caused by bacteria
Bacteria

The Bacteria are a large group of unicellular microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals....
. With the marketing efforts of John Wilde
John Wilde

John Wilde was an American painter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He lived most of his life in Wisconsin, teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
, the company became successful as Pet, Inc.
Pet, Inc.

File:Pet logo.pngPet, Inc. was an American company that was the first to commercially produce evaporated milk as a shelf-stable consumer product and later became a multi-brand food products conglomerate....
, and is now part of The J.M. Smucker Co.
The J.M. Smucker Co.

The J. M. Smucker Company is a manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, and natural peanut butter in North America....


John P. Meyenberg, son of John B. Meyenberg, was the first American to evaporate goat’s milk. He started the Meyenberg business in 1934, supplying goat milk products that are more digestible than cow's milk, and an alternative for people (like himself) who were allergic to cow’s milk
Milk allergy

Milk allergy is a food allergy immune system allergy to one or more of the proteins in cow's milk....
.

Modern production process


Evaporated milk is fresh, homogenized milk from which 60 percent of the water has been removed. It is then chilled, fortified with vitamins and stabilizers, packaged and sterilized. A slightly caramelized flavor results from the high heat process, and it is slightly darker in color than fresh milk. The evaporation
Evaporation

Evaporation is the slow vaporization of a liquid and the reverse of condensation. A type of phase transition, it is the process by which molecules in a liquid State of matter spontaneously become gaseous ....
 process also concentrate
Concentrate

ConcentrateA concentrate is a form of substance which has had the majority of its base component removed. Typically this will be the removal of water from a solution or suspension such as the removal of water from fruit juice....
s the nutrients and the food energy. Thus, for the same weight, undiluted evaporated milk contains more food energy than fresh milk.

International


In Malaysia, evaporated milk contains palm oil
Palm oil

Palm oil is an edible Vegetable fats and oils derived from the fruit of the Arecaceae Elaeis oil palm. Previously the second-most widely produced edible oil, after soybean oil, 28 million tonnes were produced worldwide in 2004....
. It is one of the ingredients to make Teh Tarik
Teh tarik

Teh tarik is a hot tea beverage which can be commonly found in restaurants, outdoor stalls and kopi tiams in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei....
 in Malaysia
Cuisine of Malaysia

Malaysian cuisine reflects the multi-racial aspects of Malaysia. Various ethnic groups in Malaysia have their dishes but many dishes in Malaysia are derived from multiple ethnic influences....
 and Singapore
Cuisine of Singapore

The cuisine of Singapore is often viewed by people as a prime example of the ethnic diversity of the culture of Singapore. The food is heavily influenced by Malay cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Indian Cuisine , Indonesian cuisine, and even Western traditions since the founding of Singapore by the British in the 1800s....
. Also it is added in brewed tea and coffee to make Teh See
Teh See

Teh see is tea made with evaporated milk as in Malaysia and Singapore. It is sold from kopi stalls and in coffee shops.Similarly, kopi-C is coffee made with evaporated milk....
 and Kopi C
Cuisine of Singapore

The cuisine of Singapore is often viewed by people as a prime example of the ethnic diversity of the culture of Singapore. The food is heavily influenced by Malay cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Indian Cuisine , Indonesian cuisine, and even Western traditions since the founding of Singapore by the British in the 1800s....
 respectively.

Notable producers

Evaporated milk is sold by several manufacturers:

  • Carnation Evaporated Milk (the brand is now owned by Nestle and licensed to Smuckers in Canada)
  • PET Evaporated Milk
    Pet, Inc.

    File:Pet logo.pngPet, Inc. was an American company that was the first to commercially produce evaporated milk as a shelf-stable consumer product and later became a multi-brand food products conglomerate....
     (now owned by Smuckers)
  • Magnolia evaporated milk - (now produced by Eagle Family Foods )
  • Nestlé
    Nestlé

    Nestl? is a Multinational corporation packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange with a turnover of over 87 billion Swiss francs....
     evaporated milk


See also

  • Baked milk
    Baked milk

    File:Baked_milk.jpgBaked milk is a variety of boiling milk that has been particularly popular in Russia and Ukraine. It is made by cooking boiled milk on low heat for eight hours or more....
  • Condensed milk
    Condensed milk

    Condensed milk, also known as sweetened condensed milk, is Milk#Cow's milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product that can last for years without refrigeration if unopened....
  • Powdered milk
    Powdered milk

    Powdered milk is a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to Drying . One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; milk powder has a far longer shelf life than liquid milk and does not need to be refrigeration, due to its low moisture content....
  • Scalded milk
    Scalded milk

    Scalded milk is milk that has been cooked to 82?C/180?F. At this temperature, bacteria and enzymes in the milk are destroyed. Since most milk sold today is Pasteurization, which accomplishes both of these goals, milk is typically scalded simply to increase its temperature....


External links

- a section of U.S. Government regulations on milk. - history of evaporated milk and the PET company. - Meyenberg's patent describing his evaporation process of preserving milk