CONDENSED MILK:
What we mean by saying "sweetened condensed milk"?
Definition of the product:
Condensed milk is food product got by evaporating part of water from cow milk subjected to further processing.
Actually, the term of "condensed milk" is tightly linked by people to sweetened evaporated milk.
Why shelf life of condensed milk is one year?
Due to its long shelf life condensed milk is included to strategic reserve of a country and wide range of products satisfy any tastes of the consumers. There are several types of condensed milk following products: sweetened condensed milk, milk caramel, cocoa with condensed milk, condensed cream with sugar, coffee with condensed milk, condensed milk product, sweetened condensed milk with fructose, milk caramel with fructose.
Long shelf life of condensed milk is achieved through increased concentration of dry milk solids and added sucrose to raise osmotic pressure which killing the most microorganisms. Canning effect is also achieved through thermal treatment and air-proof packaging.
Is condensed milk healthy or harmful?
SCM is such a product that is not only tasty but also healthy. Everyone knows about the benefits of milk and scm is evaporated milk. When treated fairly, scm saves all microelements and vitamines. so we receive not only a tasty product but a set of usefull substances.
Unfortunatelly some modern scm differs from that which was sold formerly. More often we see the news about the usage of vegetable fat while producing scm. Therefore a lot of manufacturers, including Ichnya Company with the help of their honest labour and qualified products prove that they produce safe and healthy products according to traditions and standards.
What are the differences in condensed milk?
(sweetened condensed milk of 8.5% fat) according to purely classical technology without vegetable additives. TU (technical conditions of production or permitted technology) assumes vegetable fat as ingredient in strictly limited quantities but it is also sweetened condensed milk product. Is it bad? Should the technologies be observed, obviously not.
Nearly 80% (!) of the world population can not digest milk-containing products and 40% of the world population can not resolve lactose, main milk component, according to medical statistics and these figures are growing. What is vegetable fat? It is palm oil got in natural way in the Southern Asia on the spacious plantations. It does not contain genetically modified organisms unlike soy for example and thus may be deemed as natural. Actually, GOST and TU products have only one difference of milk flavour of GOST product due to milk fats. Apparently, vegetable oil even inclusive delivery costs will be much cheaper than milk fat. Therefore, consumers have to be aware that natural GOST product will be more expensive than TU which is crystal-clear if we calculate cost of main quality ingredients, sugar and milk, in market prices.
An aim of information presented in this site chapter is to raise consumer's awareness about the product purchased by him seeing the clear differences.
Why condensed milk useful
Condensed milk is included to strategic reserve of any country like matches, salt, bread, sugar. Ukraine is not an exception procuring dozens of millions of condensed milk cans annually for the state reserve, let alone direct supplies to the army and fleet. Such attention to the product is explainable. Condensed milk contains the most crucial micro elements and vitamins for the human organism (A, B, C, D, E, PP etc), amino acids. It is made of fresh whole natural milk and its shelf life at moderate temperature shall be up to one year if the technologies are observed. It is completely digested by most people. It can not cause any known disease but for obesity and teeth cavities if abused. Thus, this milk product (8.5% fat) can not be substituted in our nutrition as whole milk products (milk-1.5% fat, kefir 0.5-2.5% fat etc). In addition, taste of condensed milk is unique for confectionery while whole milk products can not be applied in confectioneries. Difference between condensed milk and fresh milk is shelf life, fat content, sugar and the fact that condensed milk is assimilatable by everyone unlike whole milk.
What is the essence of the difference? It is the absence of living bacteria deactivated in pasteurization of condensed milk. It and presence of natural preservation agent - sugar
are the essence of difference between condensed milk or evaporated milk as it is called in some countries (due to high fat content and low water content) and conventional milk.
Wholesale
Export
Export of the company has grown more than fivefold since 2007 to 2009. Currently export department of the factory Condensed Milk Company performs wholesale trade of the condensed milk to 28 countries covering the widest possible geography.
History of condensed milk
Who invented condensed milk?
Condensed milk was invented by humble Paris confectioner whose name was Upper. It happened in 1804. Once Upper discovered that if he boiled the sealed bottle of juice, its content became durable. Milk could be kept for longer time in soldered cans which unlike glass bottles did not bursted while boiling.
In 1809 the enterprising confectioner produced a lot of food stuff in soldered cans and sealed bottles to sell them in grocer's shop named Different Food in Bottles and Boxes. This novelty impressed people, the grocer's shop was popular and the goods were always sold out. Then Upper wrote a book Art of Canning of Vegetable and Animal Substances for Long Term.
When can we celebrate birthday of condensed milk?
In 1848 recipe of condensed milk was patented in England and in 1849 American industrialist Gail Borden invented the first machine for sweetened condensed milk production.
Condensed milk was patented on August, 19, 1856 by American Gail Borden. It was accompanied with publicity campaign under slogan The Milk from Contented Cows.
The purpose of the Borden was to invent the method of making the food durable. Experiments with milk followed experiments of condensing juice, tea, meat. In 1850 Borden created meat biscuit and in 1851 he was invited to London to trade fair. On his way back he observed several children dying on the ship because of bad quality milk of diseased cows. It was the starting point for Borden to get down to milk condensing.
When and where mass production of condensed milk was launched?
In 1858 the first condensery in the world was opened in America. From the beginning of the Civil War it was produced in large quantities for the soldiers of the north. Post-war fame of Borden allowed him to organize several new condenseries, to pass the flourishing company to his sons. He died in the small Texas city named Borden after him.