Milk Processing Plant
The milk plant is a farm that prepares the milk for supply after it follows the processes of collection, processing, storing, pasteurizing, packaging and supplying. A milk plant needs to achieve license for smooth running. The processing of milk and milk products may speed up when dairy farms back it. The entire process begins at dairy firms that rear goats, buffaloes, and cows for the purpose of milking.
Capacity of Processing Plants
Milk Plants are of varying sizes and volumes. Their milk processing equipment can vary depending on the maximum milk producing capacity of a plant. Butter, cream, yogurt, skimmed milk and double-toned milk are among dairy products that are high on demand. A chilling unit is used for chilling the entire milk stored in a huge milk tank with the help of milk tankers. The milk pasteurizer helps in pasteurizing chilled milk. Likewise, skimmed milk is obtained when the cream separator divides the cream. The demand of double-tones milk, skimmed milk, full cream milk and toned milk determines the requirement of milk in the market.
Process of Processing Milk
A dairy farm needs to ensure production of milk worth a good volume. Dairy cows present in most dairy farms are milked by about 2 times per day. The procedure of processing in large farms involves some great equipment. After that, it is passed on to milk tanks that are quite large and refrigerated. Big trucks are used for carrying the milk tanks to processing plants. Checking the temperature and taste of milk before dispatching it to the processing plants is quite essential. Once the trucks arrives the processing units, the milk is pumped inside the large tanks. It is then that the milk is considered for the procedures of clarification and separation.
Few Associated Processes:
The milk that goes through the purification processes gets free of bacteria by following a simple process known as clarification. During the pasteurization process, the product acquires heat and steers clear of bacteria as it enters the steel pipes of the milk processing farm. Homogenization is another step that follows the footsteps of pasteurization for eradicating fat. The milk is heated for lowering the fat content. The flat particles are likely to float on the milk soon after the homogenization process concludes.
Final Process: Filling out each carton or bag with the milk products constitutes the final procedure. The projected life span of each product and their manufacturing dates are mentioned in the cartons. From the milk processing plant, the products are distributed to different parts of the country.
