Using pectin helps create a shelf-stable, low-pH dairy beverage. The versatile thickener can be used as a gelling agent and stabilizer, even in low-acid and reduced-sugar applications.

Bacteriophages (or phages) are extremely heat resistant. Standard HTST pasteurization does not eliminate them. DSM offers ideas to counter phage attacks in dairy processing plants. 

If you make ice cream, then the typical tests your R&D lab should make include viscosity flow curve, viscosity vs. temperature profile and yield stress determination.

Love yogurt, kefir, cheese, wine, beer, kimchi, and pickles? A new peer-reviewed paper supported in part by the California Dairy Research Foundation, reveals evidence that fermented foods, developed thousands of years ago for their ability to avoid contamination, may increase sensitivity to insulin, lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and decrease the overall risk of mortality.

Several methods can discover mycotoxins in food, feed and milk.  Of these, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the global gold standard for the separation and quantitation of organic analytes in milk.

Dairy operations need measurement solutions that help them deal with two key milk receiving issues – aeration and components. New inline measurement devices help with process optimization and quality improvement.

In this new white paper, learn how a WES can receive and track products as it marries inventory to customer orders. When orders are received, the WES breaks them into logical units of work and then directs material handling equipment and/or manual labor to execute the work.

Two main organizations provide hygienic design certifications. The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group is a consortium of equipment manufacturers, research institutes and public health authorities. In the United Sates, the main organization is 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc.

What's wrong with my yogurt? Why is it grainy, too tart or lacks texture? Yogurt expert Doug Vargo addresses 5 common defects in yogurt manufacturing.