Nº 2 (2012)

Analysis of the world dairy market in 2010-2011 is given in the article. Production of milk and milk products in different countries, world trade, consumptions are considered. Rating of the largest companies is shown.

Situations related with receiving of the urgent orders for production and possibilities of their optimal planning are discussed.

At the end of last year commission of the Customs Union has adopted technical regulations of the Customs Union «About food products safety», «Labeling of food products», «Technical regulation on oil and butter products», «Technical regulation on juice products». Together with the above documents draft «Technical regulation on milk and milk products» has also been considered but decision about adoption of the regulation was not made. The reasons that caused disagreements in relation to the content are discussed in the article.

The article informs about plans and prospects of development of the LLC «NFUMO CIS» - a subsidiary of the manufacturer AWH GmbH from Germany. The company offers accessories, pipes, washing technique.

Special issues of the homogenization process used for milk products manufacturing from the point of view of the fat globules structure have been considered.

The methods of baro-membrane filtration such as micro-, ultra- and nano-filtrations and reverse osmosis are characterized. Possible applications of the methods in milk and milk products manufacturing are described.

The membrane equipment for micro-, ultra- and nano-filtrations as well as for reverse osmosis - is a specialization of the company VA Food Processing that is a part of the companies group Kieselmann Fluid Process.

A reverse osmosis plant is being used in the Stavropol milk combine that allows considerably reduce salt level in water and remove extraneous microorganisms.

Special features of the chemical structure of the low molecular sugars having p-glycoside bond in the molecular structure have been studied. Due to the structure this substances acquire prebiotic functions. Lactulose as a prebiotic is widely applied as an ingredient in various groups of food products.

New format of the ready media - petrifilms (3MTM PetrifilmTM) allowing to make rapid microbiological control of food products, objects of surrounding, water and to detect various groups of sanitarian indicative microorganisms such as yeasts, moulds, coliform bacteria, E. coli, enteric bacteria, staphylococci, listeria and lactic acid bacteria. Application of petrifilms has been approved by the Rospotrebnadzor of the RF as an official method for microbiological control of foods, raw materials, objects of surrounding and water.

Immobilization including incapsulation is one of the ways to improve efficiency of the probiotic bacteria activity coming with functional foods in a human being.

Positive and negative effects of the bifido bacteria isolated from various sources have been considered.

One of the largest companies on the fat and oil market the Corporation SOYUZ is summarizing results of the activity during the current year.

Effects of pectin on the consistency and structural-mechanical characteristics of the fermented cream biocorrector have been studied. Results of the investigation are given in the article. Addition of 0.3% of pectin positively effects the parameters studied and can be used for production of the fermented cream biocorrector.

Specialists have studied possibilities for working out combined functional products with application of the extracts of the vegetable raw materials as an additional source of vitamins and minerals. Technologies for receiving fermented milks with extracts of biologically active substances of medical plants have been developed.

The company AAK has developed a range of oil products intended for replacing milk fat at milk powders manufacturing.