Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by female mammals and it provides the primary source of nutrition for newborns, before they are able to digest other types of food. Milk is an emulsion of butterfat globules within a water/protein-based fluid.  

 

 

 

Milk reception and pre-treatment of milk
Projecting a milk powder plant involves many unit operations, one of which is milk reception and pre-treatment. When milk is received at the factory, the quality is tested before it is sent to the storage tanks. Pre-treatment typically involves pasteurization, separation of fat for standardization, and then cooling before further storage and/or processing

Who supplies the equipment?
When the GEA Group supplies complete milk powder factories, milk reception and pre-treatment is typically designed, engineered, and supplied by GEA Liquid Processing or GEA TDS GmbH, who work together with GEA Niro and the local based GEA company for the installation and integration with the remaining part of the factory.