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Where fresh milk is not readily available, recombined milk manufacture is common. Given Australia's major milk powder production, a significant percentage of powder finds its way into recombined milk applications. Usually, the milk is produced as a long life product and based on milk powder, butter or vegetable fat, water, emulsifiers and stabilisers, along with other ingredients to enhance appeal and nutritional content.

di-Sodium Phosphate Acidity regulator, buffering agent

Dairy systems can be tricky. Balancing the available calcium with protein can mean the difference between stability and disaster.
Phosphates such as di-Sodium Phosphate are excellent at sequestering divalent ions.
Sodium Citrate   There are several buffer salts that can be used in dairy systems. Sodium Citrate is a good starting point.
Sodium Hexametaphosphate   Phosphates such as Sodium Hexametaphosphate are excellent at sequestering divalent ions.
Cocoa Powder Colour, Flavour

Chocolate milk is the most popular flavoured recombined milk, with the most critical ingredient being cocoa powder. Select the right quality cocoa powder and many of the other formulation problems take care of themselves.
Choosing the right cocoa powder will provide the right flavour and colour for your product. Important quality attributes include nib and shell content, and microbial levels.

We recommend cocoa powder from ADM. Please contact ADM directly: www.adm.com.
Natural Colours, Artificial Colours Colour Hawkins Watts Australia offers a comprehensive range of natural and artificial colours for use in all beverage applications.

Our suppliers, DD Williamson and Phytone, cover the colour spectrum.
Emulsifier/stabiliser systems Emulsifiers, stabilisers Specialty integrated emulsifiers and stabilisers can be added to cold water or milk, and will activate during pasteurisation to give good emulsification, stability and mouthfeel.
Flavours Flavour Dairy flavours can be added to enhance richness.
Carrageenan Gum, hydrocolloid, thickener, stabiliser

Gum selection for recombined milks usually falls into two categories: suspension of particles, such as cocoa powder and minerals, or to provide mouthfeel.
Specialty carrageenans are standardised for milk protein reactivity. We can offer a range of blends suitable for recombined flavoured milks.

We recommend carrageenans from FMC BioPolymer. Please contact FMC BioPolymer directly: www.fmcbiopolymer.com.
Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC)   Microcrytalline Cellulose forms an insoluble 3-dimensional network in flavoured milk which suspends insoluble particulate material. It also increases opacity, prevents fat coalescing and acts as a fat mimetic to give mouthfeel. MCC is particularly useful in low protein applications, and in UHT products where the product is transported in unrefrigerated containers.

We recommend MCC from FMC BioPolymer. Please contact FMC BioPolymer directly: www.fmcbiopolymer.com.
Calcium salts Minerals

Many manufacturers choose to add additional minerals to recombined milks. Typically these include calcium in a number of formats, but other minerals can also be added.
Hawkins Watts Australia has a comprehensive range of high quality inorganic mineral salts for use in beverage fortification.
Acesulphame K Sweeteners Acesulphame K is a high Intensity sweetener
Fructose   Fructose is a crystalline sweetener with 1.2 to 1.6 times the sweetness of sucrose. Fructose can be used in products where sweetness profile and glucose content need to be controlled.

Fructose also has a low glycaemic index and can enhance the flavour profile in some products such as chocolate drinks.
Stevia   Stevia from Daepyung is a natural high-intensity sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the Stevia plant with applications in low-sugar formulations. It is an excellent sweetener for application in dairy beverages, because it has good stability at these pH levels.
Sucralose   Sucralose is a high Intensity sweetener

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