Technical regulations that determine milk quality standards in Brazil establish the minimum criteria processing industry's raw material must present. These rules can challenge logistics sector (transport) to maintain adequate conservation levels. We aimed evaluate influence of bulk transport and storage conditions on refrigerated quality. The experiment was carried out a dairy industry Santa Ca...

The functional food industry requires an improvement of probiotic strain stability during storage, especially when they are stored at room temperature. In this study, the viability of freeze-dried Lactobacillus rhamnosus IMC 501(®) and Lactobacillus paracasei IMC 502(®) using different protective agents (i.e., glycerine, mannitol, sorbitol, inulin, dextrin, Crystalean(®)) was determined and com...

This paper considers the planning of the collection of fresh milk from local farms with a fleet of refrigerated vehicles. The problem is formulated as a version of the Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. The objective function is oriented to the quality of service by minimizing the service times to the customers within their time windows. We developed a hybrid metaheuristic that...

Blends of milk fat and canola oil (MF:CNO) were enzymatically interesterified (EIE) by Rhizopus oryzae lipase immobilized on polysiloxane-polyvinyl alcohol (SiO2-PVA) composite, in a solvent-free system. A central composite design (CCD) was used to optimize the reaction, considering the effects of different mass fractions of binary blends of MF:CNO (50:50, 65:35 and 80:20) and temperatures (45,...

Milk is rich in nutrients, but several factors the production system interfere with its quality. The objective of this study was to analyze composition and microbiological quality raw milk stored community tanks from municipality Aricanduva – Minas Gerais. Samples were collected eight at different properties. temperature analyzed using digital analyzer. total count aerobic mesophilic microorgan...

Heat coagulation of milk results from a complex series of physicochemical reactions that eventually lead to precipitation or gelation. Viscosity of milk tends to increase upon heating as it approaches the point of coagulation of the proteins, which is the basis for producing high viscosity in super-heated condensed milk. Although viscous property may have been studied extensively in cow fluid m...

We evaluated the capacity of the Mycoplasma agalactiae p40 gene as a diagnostic marker for contagious agalactia in sheep by quantitative real-time PCR. The p40 gene encodes an immunodominant adhesin that plays a key role in cytoadhesion of M. agalactiae. The assay was 100% specific, with an analytical sensitivity of 1 genome equivalent (GE), a quantification that is highly linear (R(2) > 0.992)...

Materials and Methods Paneer is a tempting, nutritious and delicious indigenous dairy product obtained by acid and heat coagulation of milk. In India, where most people are vegetarian in dietary habits, milk products constitute major source of protein and other essential nutrients. Growing tensed environment and diets rich in fat combined with lack of exercise and physical work are leading to c...