what does homogenized mean i saw it on a milk label...
2006-11-08 07:41:29 · 12 answers · asked by peaches 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
It means it has been shaken so it is smooth without lumps,e tc
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2006-11-08 07:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homogenized.... a process of treating milk, often confused with "pasteurized", has to do with emulsification.
RAW milk, milk straight out of the cow, even when chilled, will seperate. We've all heard the expression, "Given time, cream will rise to the top."
When milk is homogenized, it is "swirled" together so fast, with so much power, that the fats in the milk are absorbed into the liquid. Consequently, when it sits, it will not seperate, but will stay one smooth, "homogenous" blend.
Pasteurized, on the other hand, has nothing to do with seperating, but everything to do with heat treating the milk and thereby killing off unwanted bacteria.
2006-11-08 07:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by charthousechef 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that whole milk has been mixed so thouroughly that the fat globules will not seperate out and float to the top which would then be heavy cream. Unhomogenized milk is where we got our cream to turn into whipped cream and the remaining milk was skim milk.We just poured off the heavy cream from the top of the milk bottle.
2006-11-08 07:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For milk, it means that the milk has been passed through a very small hole at high pressure to make the fat globs in the milk so small (about half a millimeter) that they do not glob back together into a big mass that floats to the top of the milk jug.
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2006-11-08 07:44:02 · answer #4 · answered by ManOfPhysics 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the oldest applications of homogenization is in milk processing, where the aim is to prevent or delay the separation of cream from the rest of the emulsion. This is done by forcing the milk at high pressure through small orifices.
2006-11-08 07:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The milk is forced through strainers with very small holes in order to break down the fat in it to a smaller size. This keeps the fat from separating later and rising to the top.
Pasteurized, on the other hand, is when the milk has been heated for a short time to kill off bacteria and other microorganisms which can lead to disease and spoilage.
2006-11-08 07:46:14 · answer #6 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Something that is homogeneous means that if you take two samples from two different parts of the substance they will be composed of the same components. Heterogenous substances, like water mixed with sand, will be different when you take samples.
2006-11-08 07:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Varlis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they've reduced the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.
2006-11-08 07:45:43 · answer #8 · answered by sassy n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that the milk has had the fat globule finely broken up so they cant coagulate in the milk
2006-11-08 07:42:41 · answer #9 · answered by Dorito 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
evenly mixed
2006-11-08 07:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by singer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋