Manipulation of the heat stability of homogenized concentrated milk

An examination has been made of the means of improving the heat stability of homogenized concentrated milk. It was found that heat stability could be enhanced to the greatest extent by high temperature forewarming (145° C, 5 s), two‐stage homogenization, and addition of sodium phosphates. It was shown that in the winter months homogenization per se greatly reduces the heat stability of subsequently concentrated milk. Consequently, in the production of sterilized milk products, it is essential to stabilize such milks before rather than after this destabilizing step.