In this article we will discuss about the steps involved in the manufacture of butter. The steps are: 1. Churning 2. Preparation of Cream 3. Preparation of Starter for Ripening the Cream 4. Ripening of Cream 5. Amount of Cream in Churn 6. Use of Colour 7. Breaking Stage in Churning 8. Washing the Butter Granules 9. Working of Butter [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Butter 2. History and Definition of Butter 3. Classification 4. Composition, Food and Nutritive Value 5. Method of Manufacture, Packaging and Storage 6. Distribution and Overrun. Introduction to Butter: Butter leads amongst the milk products manufactured in developed dairying countries of the world today. The world's recorded annual butter production [...]
There are three main theories on the churning of cream into butter, viz.: 1. Fisher and Hooker's Phase-Reversal Theory 2. Rahn's Foam Theory 3. King's Modern Theory. 1. Fisher and Hooker's Phase-Reversal Theory (1917): AccordÂing to this theory, churning is a process of phase reversal, i.e., changing an oil-in-water type emulsion (such as cream) to a water- in-oil type emulsion [...]