Innovative Steam Injection for Milk Processing Ekta Mistry, J. P. Prajapati and Suneeta V. Pinto Department of Technology, SMC College of Dairy Science, AAU, Anand-388110. Email: [email protected]

Ultra High Temperature (UHT) treatment uses high Studies reported on UHT processing have temperature for a short time to kill micro-organisms been concerned mostly with indirect heating in a food or beverage product. It is widely used in systems. This method of processing has been in the dairy industry where products can easily lose commercial use since 1949 (Burton, 1969). Use their nutritional value, flavour and appearance as of indirect heating system results in 75% to 90 % microorganisms multiply. These organisms thrive denaturation of whey proteins. In 1972, the United at certain temperatures but if they are not present States Public Health Service approved the use of in a product, it can be stored for many months UHT steam injection for of milk without the need for refrigeration. This state is (Stroup et al., 1972). Lembke and Wegener (1968) known as ‘commercial sterility’. UHT processes indicated that UHT direct steam injection is less are designed to achieve commercial sterility. They destructive to the aqueous and lipid portions than use heat to treat the product, killing viable micro- indirect UHT heating techniques. This is mainly organisms. This also requires due to rapid heating (steam injection) and cooling equipment and packaging to be sterile, achieved (vacuum) of the product. However, direct steam Technical Articles with chemical or other sterilisation treatments (de injection also results in 65-85% denaturation of Jong, 2008). whey proteins. Milk proteins change more than any There are two well known technologies depending other milk constituent due to UHT processing that on the medium used for heating to the UHT, contributes to loss of colour, flavour, and nutrition, direct and indirect systems. Direct heating systems as well as gelation and sedimentation. Denatured include steam injection (steam into milk) and steam whey proteins form complexes with other whey infusion (milk into steam). Generally, steam, hot proteins, caseins, and fat globules (Dunkley and water, and electricity are used heating methods Stevenson 1987). for UHT processing. Direct heating methods, Gelation is a major defect encountered in UHT such as steam injection or steam infusion, mix the heating steam with the product. The culinary milks. Among the hydrolases from psychotropic steam must be of high quality and must not bacteria in milk, those from Pseudomonas spp. impart any off-flavours to the milk product. The have been the most frequently studied and are product temperature increases almost instantly due secreted mainly at the end of the stationary phase to the latent heat of vaporization. The condensed of growth. Most of the research workers have steam that dilutes the milk is removed later as reported that proteinases from psychrotrophs are the heated milk is cooled in a vacuum chamber. readily able to degrade κ-, αs1- and β-casein, and Indirect heating methods, such as plate or tubular have low activity on non-denaturated whey proteins. heat exchangers, keep the product and heating As a result of denaturation of whey proteins in medium separate with a stainless steel barrier appreciable amounts (>60%) using these methods, between them. The choice of direct or indirect a wide range of problems are encountered in UHT heating and the system utilised depends on many milks. The major defects encountered in UHT factors including product specification, viscosity milk include adverse effect on taste, colour, odour; and sensitivity to high temperatures. Along with gelation, sedimentation, separation, and viscosity. the quality of the raw materials used, the system These attributes can be affected by raw product chosen has a big impact on the characteristics of quality, pre-treatment process, process type, the final product. homogenization pressure, deaeration, post process

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Technical Articles Using the ISI, a significant inactivation of heat- References resistant spores can be achieved while preserving Burton, H. 1969. Ultra-high-temperature processed the functionality of important ingredients. milk. Dairy Sci. Abstr. 31:287. Table 1 shows the typical time–temperature combinations used in the dairy industry, and Datta N and Deeth HC (2003). Diagnosing the the effect of these processes on denaturation of cause of proteolysis in UHT milk. Lebensm whey proteins, Bacillus stearothermophilus and Wiss Technoll , 36: 173–82. Bacillus sporothermodurans spores in milk. The De Jong, P. (2008). Chapter 1. Thermal processing denaturation of whey proteins is a measure of of milk. In Advanced Dairy Science and product damage caused by the stress of heating. Technology. Eds. Britz, T.J. and Robinson, For sustained stability at room temperature, the enzymes that cause spoilage must also be R.K., Blackwell Pub. Ltd., UK, pp. 14-15. inactivated. The extremely heat-resistant enzyme Dunkley WL, Stevenson KE (1987). Ultra- plasmin, instigator of a bitter taste, plays the high-temperature processing and aseptic leading role here in milk products. Plasmin does packaging of dairy products. J Dairy Sci not become inactivated in the pasteurization 70: 2192–202. process, but that is unimportant to pasteurized milk. This is because firstly pasteurized milk is stored Huijs G, van Asselt AJ, Verdurmen REM, de Jong under refrigeration, and the enzymatic activity of P. 2004. High-speed milk. Dairy Ind Int, 69: plasmin is minimal at low temperature. Also, the 30–2. germination of B. cereus spores in pasteurized Lembke HF and Wegener KH (1968). Nutritional milk is limiting factor for the shelf-life, long studies of UHT milk. Nord. Mejeritidssha. before the effects of plasmin become observable. 34: 123. Technical Articles To obtain ISI milk, that is stable for months at room temperature, an additional preheating step is Stroup WH, Dickerson, Jr. RW and Thompson Jr. necessary for inactivation of plasmin. HE (1972). Steam injection pasteurization of grade A milk and milk products. DHEW Conclusion No. FDA 73: 2012. Use of conventional UHT processing results in Tamime AY (2009). Novel Method of food appreciable denaturation of whey proteins resulting processing, In: Milk processing and Quality in adverse effects on taste, colour and odour management, Chapter-8, Wiley publishers, of the product and certain defects like gelation, India. pp. 127-129. sedimentation, separation, and increased viscosity. van Asselt AJ, Sweere APJ, Rollema HS, and de Therefore, use of ISI processing which is a recent Jong P. (2008). Extreme high-temperature novel technology will help in overcoming such treatment of milk with respect to plasmin problems. inactivation. Int Dairy J 18: 531–538.

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