Sweetened
Condensed milk is basically concentrated milk to which sugar has
been added. The high sugar concentration in sweetened condensed
milk destroys majority of micro - organism. It can be made
either from whole milk or skim milk. Normally it contains 8%
Fat, 45% Sugar, 20% SNF and 28% Moisture and is packed in 397gm
tins or in barrels for industrial use.
The manufacturing process consists of the
following stages
- Standardization
- Sugar Addition
- Evaporation
- Cooling
- Seeding and Crystallization
- Packaging in sterilized Cans
- Storage
To manufacture sweetened condensed milk the pasteurized
milk with added sugar is taken to the evaporator and
concentrated to desired level of solid concentration. The
product is then cooled in such a way that lactose forms very
small crystals in the supersaturated solution. After cooling &
crystallization the sweetened condensed milk is packed in 397 gm
of pre-sterilized cans.