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216. The effect of churning on the vitamin A and carotene content of milk fat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

K. M. Henry
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading,
S. K. Kon
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading,
A. E. Gillam
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Victoria University, Manchester
P. White
Affiliation:
University of Reading

Extract

The vitamin A and carotene content of 14 samples of butter fat churned from milk in the usual way has been compared in spectrophotometric and Lovibond tintometer tests with figures similarly obtained for the ether-extracted fat from the same milks. On the assumption that there is no loss of either carotene or vitamin A in the course of the ether extraction, it has been found that some carotene is lost in churning but that vitamin A is not appreciably affected.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1939

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