Bulletin of the IDF N° 447/ 2010: New Applications of Mid Infra-Red Spectrometry for the Analysis of Milk and Milk Products

Publication description

Products with an higher content of unsaturated fatty acids interest the dairy sector. Modern analytical and statistical techniques provide accurate results on the contents of saturated, unsaturated, mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids in products from cow, goat and ewe milk. Mid infra-red spectroscopy with Fourier Transform Infra-Red technology (FTIR) can be applied as screening method, as milk payment parameter and as a tool for optimizing dairy cattle feeding.

Keywords: Mid infra-red spectroscopy (MIR), Fourier Transform Infra-Red technology (FTIR), saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, cows milk, goats milk, ewes milk