Precision milk cooling is an essential step for maintaining milk quality after extraction. It is essential because freshly extracted milk is extremely sensitive to bacterial growth if kept at 37 degrees Celsius or room temperature. Precision cooling helps to prevent that bacterial growth. If the milk is kept unchecked at room temperature, it will start producing bacteria rapidly. This is done by using a Bulk Milk Cooling Plant that can cool down a huge amount of milk at once and is used in most of the dairy farms. Along with these procedures, the cows’ health also plays a vital role in maintaining the milk quality. This process is done to meet the milk quality standard that is determined by whole milk composition (fats, protein, solids) and metrics like SPC (Standard plate count) and SCC (Somatic cell count). Let’s discuss it through this blog.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE PRECISION COOLING
A cow produces milk at 38 degrees Celsius, which is most suitable for bacterial breeding. Instead of Traditional cooling methods that take so long to reach the desired cooling temperature, Precision cooling methods must be used, as they instantly cool the milk to four degrees Celsius, preventing bacterial growth that might occur abruptly in traditional methods.
PRESERVES THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE
According to the FSSAI milk standard, full cream milk must contain more than six percent fat and more than 9 percent SNF(Solid-Not-Fat), and this percentage differs for other types of milk. Not meeting these nutritional value standards proves poor milk quality. For maintaining this nutritional value, precision cooling brings stability to it. Even minor fluctuations in temperature can cause the breakdown of essential nutrients like fats and proteins. Instantly cooling the milk prevents the heat-sensitive nutrients from getting lost.
HOW ANIMAL PROTECTION IS RELATED WITH HIGH-QUALITY COOLING?
High-quality cooling helps protect animal well-being by protecting them from heat stress, thus preventing overall health and productivity. Highly advanced cooling equipment also detects any residue left from the previous batch so that there is no contamination left; for this reason, this equipment is auto-cleaning to provide the most nutritious milk produced from the healthy cows.
SURVIVAL IN A STANDARDIZED MARKET
In today’s modern era, only the best is preferred, and the rest are neglected as quality matters more for all the products. Only the best quality milk stands out in the market, even if it is digital or not. Milk quality depends on the farm’s stability. Precision cooling process qualified with IoT provides a digital “cold chain” certificate. It provides the authority of the proof to the marketers about the authenticity and quality of the milk. It guarantees them that you are provided with the best quality of milk without any alteration that has been passed through the cooling standards. By doing this, the farms secure their place in the global market.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, precision cooling is not only a casual technique, but it has also become a necessity to perform this technique in farms to maintain quality. By stopping the bacterial growth just after the milk is extracted from the cow, it prevents the wastage of time and efforts made to upkeep the health of the cow and the healthy feed given to them. NK Dairy equipment provides the best AI inclusive tools and equipment of modern times that will help you to know, not only how the milk is produced but also the way milk is preserved, for the further queries get in touch with our expert Mrs. Himpreet Kaur.
FAQs
- What is the maximum temperature we can keep milk storage at?
For maintaining all the quality standards, the suggested temperature at which the milk must be stored is four degrees Celsius.
- Does precision cooling equipment consume excessive energy?
This technique takes the heat removed from the milk, makes hot water from it and uses that for farm sanitation, saving extra energy costs.
