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Problems and Opportunities for Dairy Plants

Dean Foods Company, Rockford, IL

ABSTRACT

Introduction

In 1890 Babcock invented a test for determining fat in milk and cream. This test has been one of the most outstanding contributions to the dairy industry. During the past 80 yr little change has been made in this procedure, and the test has been readily acceptable because of its simplicity and relatively low expense of operation. Even today, every dairy plant, no matter how small, is equipped with and performs several Babcock tests daily.

As a result of the Babcock test, payment for raw milk and internal plant accounting have been based on fat content. In addition, milk and milk products usually are standardized for fat content. This standardization results in the separation of billions of kilograms of cream annually which provides additional revenue to the dairy industry. Today we have a whole family of dairy products with reduced fat percentage. In addition to the internal accounting in a milk plant, the Federal Market Orders also monitor milk on fat.