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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.

Yoghurt Sweetness

Hi, Yoghurt Fans

You might notice that when you eat some full fat and low fat yoghurt from the same company that the low fat stuff is usually much sweeter than the full fat version.

The reason is that the full fat version tends to cover your taste buds in lovely butterfat, dulling them to the sugar’s sweetness and that most companies do not compensate for this by lowering the sugar content of their low fat products.

So the low fat yoghurt could have even less calories 😉

Check it out – it’s true.

 

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Feta vs. Danish Feta

Hi, Cheese Fans

The main difference between the above two cheese are that the danish feta has more moisture, thus it is not as sour.  Danish Feta usually is made through the modern process of Ultra Filtration, where the whey proteins are retained in the cheese with the casein, giving softer, creamier cheese and much higher yields. Good for you and good for the manufacturer. 😉

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Greek Cheese Assortment (1.5 Pound) by igourmet.com

South African Dairy News

Hi,  South African Dairy Fans

Here is some home-grown news bits:

Humansdorp dairy sells stake to BEE firms

Read it here:  http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_10072006.htm

Namibia: SA Dairy Traders Fight Tariff Raise

Some importers and distributors of South African dairy products are up in arms over plans by the government to introduce a tariff increase on imported UHT milk.

Read the rest here: http://allafrica.com/stories/200607101001.html

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Calibrating Cryoscope

Hi, Dairy Scientists

Had a question on how to calibrate a cryoscope.  For you who do not know this is a apparatus that freezes milk to determine the freezing point.  This tells us if water was added.  No water may be added to milk legally.

Usually standards that freeze at -0.408°C and -0.600°C is used, because milk freezes between -0.512°C and -0.550°C.   The calibration standards thus lie on each side of milk’s freezing points.   Distilled water can also be used as higher standard in place of the -0.408°C standard.  This tip will save your lab money!

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Calcium supplements could help women control weight

04/07/2006 Middle-aged women could benefit from calcium supplements suggests a new study that is yet another twist to the calcium-dairy weight loss debate.

“Increasing total calcium intake, in the form of calcium supplementation, may be beneficial to weight maintenance, especially in women during midlife,” wrote lead author Alejandro Gonzalez from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Make your own conclusions by clicking the following link and reading the rest of the article:

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=68861-calcium-dairy-weight-loss

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Milk conspiracy theory and politics

Note to Food and Water Watch & Reminder to Starbucks – Activists Should Stop Masquerading as Consumers.

This is one hell of a good article that sheds light on a few political dairy issues. Read it:

http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/111696?articleid=111696&title=%2CNote%2Cto%2CFood%2Cand%2CWater%2CWatch%2C%26%2CReminder%2Cto%2CStarbucks%2C%2D%2CActivists%2CShould%2CStop%2CMasquerading%2Cas%2CConsumers

Sorry about the massive link ;-), but click it anyway.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

 

 

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