Dairy products

Dairy products

Food products produced from the milk of mammals.

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cooking fats

Dairy products; Butter

Refer to butter, margarine, vegetable oils, and vegetable shortening, which are used to moisten and flavor foods during cooking and to enrich and tenderize baked goods.

score

Dairy products; Butter

Refers to the grade of butter. Butter is graded/scored by government inspectors on the basis of flavor, aroma, body and texture.

visible fat

Dairy products; Butter

Refined fats and oils used in food preparation, including edible oils, margarine, butter, lard, and shortenings

whole milk

Dairy products; Butter

Regular milk without any of the fat content removed. Whole milk has roughly 4% fat.

fats

Dairy products; Butter

Saturated fas associate in closely-packed structures with van der Waals interactions all along the length of their side chains. The increase in interactions raises the melting ...

solid fat index

Dairy products; Butter

SFI. Measures the solidity of fat, i.e., ratio of fat in crystalline form to liquid, at various specified temperatures. Butter has a sharp sfi curve resulting in quick flavor ...

specks

Dairy products; Butter

Small white or dark yellow particles. Attributable to small particles of coloring or coagulated casein. White specks present may be small particles of curd formed during heating ...