On farm Processing

[upnortheast]

Telegraph article a good starting point for your whole milk argument
Google brings up a number of studies in support.

 

[Greenbeast]

And as posted by a couple of us in the last 6 months Zoe did a good 'user friendly' video on the pros and cons of dairy.

 

[aledjones3130]

I'm researching an element of on farm milk processing so i can supply local school with milk. According to the regs in place concerning milk sales in schools, i must provide semi skimmed milk.

Even through a vending machine..

So there seem to be a number of different ways to produce semi skimmed milk..Is there anyone on here who runs an on farm dairy and produces semi skimmed milk?

I'm not planning to make industrial quantities.. probably max 300 litres a day if the machine is popular but don't want to be handling the product excessively.

Current (planned) set-up is Milk in from tank..pasteurised, cooled, then pumped into vending machine tanks.. Obvs i'd have to have a seperator and a blender ? somewhere in the line? Can a seperator be set up to produce a specific percentage? Is this done warm/ hot or cold .

Total newbie.

All views welcome.

TIA

Give Adrian Phillips at Ritetrak engineering stclears,a call Best man in the business for this,does a lot of work for all the leading milk companies and done many vending machines,straight tidy boy and A1 job

 

[Bangoverthebar]

How would the school know the milk wasnt semi skimmed. Bottle away

 

[Greenbeast]

How would the school know the milk wasnt semi skimmed. Bottle away

You could get yourself in very hot water with trading standard selling it as semi if it isn't.
Although places do get away with it

 

[onesiedale]

I've seen one selling it as 'lightly skimmed'.
This of course side steps nicely any legal definition of semi skimmed and the trad.stds would have less of a hold.

Sad thing was though, their milk tasted inferior, almost as if their process was bringing out the worst of both lower fat and slow batch cooling post separation.

 

[Whitewalker]

Throw in a whole Extra process to getting semi skimmed milk and it becomes a pita if using a batch pasteuriser.

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

The mogster piles in...singing the praises of Whole milk

A bit called Wholey Milk on every gammon's favourite channel GB news..

https://x.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1760243914244563018?s=20

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

Throw in a whole Extra process to getting semi skimmed milk and it becomes a pita if using a batch pasteuriser.

does semi skimmed milk when made have to be homogonised to retain the horribleness?

 

[upnortheast]

does semi skimmed milk when made have to be homogonised to retain the horribleness?

No
We don`t homogonise or standardise.
Our pasteurised. whole & semi tastes just like does straight out of the farm tank.

Beyond me how the big boys manage to bugger up milk

 

[upnortheast]

@Foregoneconclusion
Just noticed on twatter questions about Welsh school milk being asked

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1763856233059025190

 

[Dead Rabbits]

No
We don`t homogonise or standardise.
Our pasteurised. whole & semi tastes just like does straight out of the farm tank.

Beyond me how the big boys manage to bugger up milk

All advancements in milk processing since about the 60s have been to increase plant efficiency. Milk taste and quality was never a consideration

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

@Foregoneconclusion
Just noticed on twatter questions about Welsh school milk being asked

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1763856233059025190

Yeah...that was me stirring the pot.

Turns out the govt have blocked my attempt to provide whole milk to the school..

No imagination at all.

A huge fail and opportunity lost.