What is the meaning of filled milk?

Unsweetened and sweetened condensed milk can be made from fresh milk or recombined milk (nonfat dry milk, fat and water). When the source of fat is other than butterfat, the resultant milk is called filled milk.

Filled imitation dairy products are made in semblance of a dairy product. A vegetable or animal fat is used to substitute for milk fat.

Today, filled milk can be found on the canned milk shelved of any supermarket. Fat-filled powders are frequently manufactured for use as alternatives to whole milk, in both human and animal nutrition.

For human consumption filled milk powder contain 26 to 28% fat and are used for reconstitution, either domestically or by caterer. The type of vegetable oil, or oils sued will depended on nutritional requirements of the product, as different oils can be used to achieve a given fatty acid profile and given ratios of saturated, mono unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats.

For animal feeding, fat filled milk powder contain 30 to 50% fat and up to 2% of emulsifying agent e.g. lecithin, monoglycerides.

Hardened palm kernel and coconut oils have commonly been used in fat-filled milk powder production but selectively hydrogenated rapeseed oil has found favor in grounds of cost.

While it contained no butterfat, filled milk had the same taste, odor, color consistency, specific gravity and cooking qualities as ordinary evaporated whole milk.
What is the meaning of filled milk?

Filled Milk

Filled milk is a milk or cream to which a fat other than butter fat has been added. A typical milk consists of skim milk or nonfat dry milk to which a vegetable fat has been added.

It’s cheaper and contains less cholesterol than whole milk.

The water phase contains milk solids. These solids usually give a good flavor background, which usually makes addition of a milk or cream flavor unnecessary.

Usually the protein ingredient comes from soybeans, through sometimes the soya proteins is combined with a chalky protein substance called sodium caseinate, which is derived from real milk.

It is a homogenized product and its fat content should not less than 3 per cent and SNF 8,5 per cent.

This product was very unpopular initially, the ‘Filled Milk Act’ was passed by the US Congress in 1923 to prohibit interstate and foreign shipments of such products.

Congress claimed that filled milk was unhealthy, and that it was manufactured to look like real milk, thus confusing consumers.

By 1970s, the drive to reduce the intake of cholesterol on the diet resulted in an increased demand for filled milk products.  
Filled Milk