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CREAM
CREAM
Cream??????
• Cream may be defined as that portion of milk which is
rich in milk fat or that portion of milk into which fat has
been gathered and which contains a large portion of milk
fat, or when milk fat is concentrated into a fraction of the
original milk, that portion is known as cream’.
• In India, as per the PFA rules (1976), cream, excluding
sterilized cream, is the product of cow or buffalo milk or a
combination thereof, which contains not less than 25 %
milk fat.
• Cream is rich in energy giving fat and fat-soluble vitamins
A, D, E, and K, the contents of which depends on the fat
level in cream.
Composition of cream
• I. Gravity method
• II. Centrifugal method
I. Gravity method