Syllabus - Dairy Technology (AT-702 (C))

Market milk industry

Distinctive features of tropical dairying. Collection and transportation of milk; a) Organization of milk collection routes b) Practices for collection of milk, preservation at farm, refrigeration, natural microbial inhibitors, lactoperoxidase system. Reception and treatment (pre-processing steps) of milk in the dairy plant. Pasteurization, homogenization, Sterillisation, cooling and storage of milk.

Status and significance of traditional Indian milk products in India

Khoa, Khoa based sweets: Burfi, Peda, Milkcake, Kalakhand, Gulabjaman etc., Rabri and Basundi, Channa, Chhana-based sweets: Rasogolla, Sandesh, Rasomalai etc., Paneer, Chakka/Maska and Shrikhand, Misti Dahi, Kheer and Payasam. Mechanization of manufacturing process, advances in preservation and packaging. Status of fat-rich dairy products in India and abroad. Manufacture, storage and characteristics of different types for fat-rich products viz. cream, butter, ghee, butter-oil, etc. Legal standards related to these products. History, development and status of ice cream industry, Definition, classification and composition and standards of ice cream and other frozen desserts, Stabilizers and emulsifiers-their classification, properties and role in quality of ice cream, Technological aspects of ice cream manufacture.

Introduction, Importance of Packaging, History of Package Development, Packaging materials

Characteristics of basic packaging materials: Paper (paper board, corrugated paper, fibre board), Glass, Metal, Plastics, Foils and laminates, retort pouches, Package forms, Legal requirements of packaging materials and product information. Packaging of milk and dairy products such as pasteurized milk, UHT-sterilized milk, aseptic packaging, fat rich products ghee and butter, coagulated and desiccated indigenous dairy products and their sweetmeades, concentrated and dried milks including baby foods.

Production Management

Definition, Function and structure of Production Management, Production planning & Control, Work study and measurement motion and time study. Efficiency of plant operation: product accounting, setting up norms for operational and processing losses for quantity, fat and SNF, monitoring efficiency.