| Ultra Heat Treated Milk (UHT) | Pasteurized Fresh Milk |
| The UHT process ensures total microbial and enzyme inactivation, because the milk is heated up to 150 °C for 5 seconds. | The pasteurisation process heats milk to 70 – 75 °C for 15 seconds, inactivating or killing all of the disease-producing microorganisms in milk while preserving most of the nutritional value of milk. |
| Rumor has it that the McDonalds's McFlurries are made with UHT milk. It's also rumored that UHT milk is the kind of milk served on planes and trains. Neither rumor can be confirmed but if a milk product has a label, you may be surprised as to which type of milk you're drinking when you inspect that label. | The flavour of pasteurised milk is more similar to that of fresh milk than that of UHT milk. This is due to a certain caramelisation of milk sugar that happens in the UHT processing. |
| UHT milk, on the other hand, has a shelf life of six to nine months at room temperature. Once opened and refrigerated, that shelf life reduces to a few days, but then it's already being consumed. | Dairy fresh milk has a very limited shelf life requiring refrigeration and usually only for few days. Dairy fresh milk will go bad in the refrigerator even if unopened, within two weeks. |
Although pasteurisation or UHT
may result in small loses
in some of these vitamins (below 20% on average),
this will have a negligible effect on
the nutritional value of a balanced diet.
Vitamin losses resulting from processing are
sometimes offset by the addition of vitamins.
Some milk is also enriched with multiple vitamins.
full cream vs low fat
Full-fat milk contains considerable quantities of
vitamin A, B and D and calcium.
Semi-skimmed or skimmed milk contain
the same levels of proteins, calcium, magnesium,
phosphorous, potassium and zinc and B vitamin
as full-fat milk,
but the amount of vitamin A and D
is either halved or almost non-existent.
me?
I drink both…
but back in hostel
I drink more of UHT milk
since it’s the only way to ensure
I have a constant supply of milk
and here I go
experiment different things with milk
and Stephelle’s Kitchen Sweet Surprise
still in the fridge
will be served later as my
Sunday Night Dessert
reference list:
http://www.eufic.org/page/en/page/FAQ/faqid/nutrients-lost-processing-milk/
http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2010/04/15/uht-milk-dairy-fresh-milk/