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Where fresh milk is not
readily available, recombined milk manufacture is common.
Given New Zealand's major milk powder production, a significant
percentage of powder finds its way into recombined milk
applications. Usually, the milk is produced as a long life
product and based on milk powder, butter or vegetable fat,
water, emulsifiers and stabilisers, along with other ingredients
to enhance appeal and nutritional content.
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| di-Sodium
Phosphate |
Acidity
regulator, buffering agent
Dairy systems can be tricky. Balancing the available
calcium with protein can mean the difference between
stability and disaster. |
There are several buffer salts that
can be used in dairy systems. Sodium
Citrate is
a good starting point. |
| Sodium Citrate |
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Phosphates
such as di-Sodium Phosphate and Sodium
Hexametaphosphate are excellent at sequestering
divalent ions. |
| Sodium
Hexametaphosphate |
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| Cocoa Powder |
Colour, Flavour
Chocolate milk is the most popular flavoured recombined
milk, with the most critical ingredient being cocoa
powder. Select the right quality cocoa powder and many
of the other formulation problems take care of themselves. |
De Zaan™ Cocoa
powders from ADM can
provide the right flavour and colour for the right
application.
Typical cocoa powders include:
 De Zaan™ 250-DP-11
"A mildly alkalised cocoa with good colour and flavour"”
De Zaan™ D-11-S
“ A rich European-style cocoa with rich flavour, dark brown in appearance"”
Important quality attributes also include nib and shell content,
and microbial levels, both of which are very low in ADM cocoas. In addition, De
Zaan™ cocoa powders have defined particle size profiles, allowing
for easier
suspension.
 Hawkins
Watts New Zealand has many more cocoa products available. Please contact
us for further information. |
| Natural
Colours, Artificial
Colours |
Colour |
Hawkins
Watts New Zealand offers a comprehensive range of natural
and artificial colours for use in all beverage
applications.
Our suppliers, Cathay Industries, DD
Williamson and Phytone,
cover the colour spectrum. |
| Emulsifier/stabiliser
systems |
Emulsifiers, stabilisers |
Palsgaard offers
a range of integrated emulsifiers and stabilisers specifically
for use in recombined milk applications. These
can be added to cold water or milk, and will activate
during pasteurisation to give good emulsification,
stability and mouthfeel. |
| Flavours |
Flavour |
Symrise has
vast expertise in flavour requirements
for dairy products, as well as ensuring compatibility
of the flavour with the milk system and the marketplace. |
| Carrageenan |
Gum,
hydrocolloid, thickener, stabiliser
Gum selection for recombined milks usually falls
into two categories: suspension of particles, such
as cocoa powder and minerals, or to provide mouthfeel. |
The
range
of Seakem Carrageenans from FMC BioPolymer are designed for use in flavoured
milks.
Each carrageenan is standardised for milk protein reactivity. Seakem
Carrageenan can be dosed at 100 - 300 ppm to give suspension of insoluble
ingredients such as cocoa powder or minerals and mouthfeel. |
| Microcrystalline Cellulose
(MCC) |
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Novagel
Colloidal Microcrystalline Cellulose from FMC
BioPolymer forms an insoluble 3-dimensional
network in flavoured milk which suspends insoluble
particulate material. It also increases
opacity, prevents fat coalescing and acts as
a fat mimetic to give mouthfeel. We have found Novagel
MCC to be particularly useful in low
protein applications, and in UHT products where
the product is transported in unrefrigerated
containers.
Integrated stabiliser/emulsifier products such as the Palsgaard 5800 series
should
also be considered. |
| Calcium
salts |
Minerals |
Many
manufacturers choose to add additional minerals
to recombined milks. Typically these include calcium
in a number of formats, but other minerals can
also be added.
See
our minerals selection
Jost
Chemicals has developed unique new
technology for manufacturing ultra-pure calcium salts with
very low levels of aluminium, lead, manganese,
iron and other vagrant metals. Jost also
has a comprehensive range of purity salts including
ascorbates, carbonates, citrates, fumarates, gluconates,
lactates, malates, nitrates, phosphates, succinates
and sulphates.
Kirsch Pharma also
supplies Hawkins Watts New Zealand with a comprehensive
range of high quality inorganic mineral
salts for use in beverage fortification. |
| Acesulphame
K |
Sweeteners |
Acesulphame
K is a high Intensity sweetener |
| Fructose |
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Cornsweet
Fructose from ADM is
a crystalline sweetener with 1.2 to 1.6 times the sweetness
of sucrose. ADM Cornsweet Fructose can
be used in products where sweetness profile and glucose
content need to be controlled.
ADM Cornsweet Fructose also has
a low glycaemic index and can enhance the flavour
profile in some
products such as chocolate drinks. |
| Stevia |
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Stevia from Daepyung is
a natural high-intensity sweetener and sugar substitute
extracted from the Stevia plant with applications
in low-sugar
formulations. |
| Sucralose |
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Sucralose is a high Intensity sweetener |
| Sweetness enhancer |
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SymLife® Sweet from Symrise is
a flavouring which enhances sweetness, while allowing sucrose levels to be reduced
by as much as 30%. SymLife® Sweet works well in combination
with artificial sweeteners to help round out the aftertaste. |
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