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Frequently
asked questions for Mix'n Drink instant non-fat dry milk:
Question: Do you use BHA and/or BHT to
preserve your Mix'n Drink?
Answer: We do not specifically use BHA or BHT in the
milk, however, these preservatives are used to maintain the
shelf life of the added vitamins (A Palmitate & D3), which
are put back into the milk to meet FDA requirements. These
preservatives are often used in a variety of products because
they are relatively stable to heat and maintain their effectiveness
in cooked products (important with dry milk). They are most
often used together because their combination is much more
effective than if either is used singly. Their frequent use
in the food supply raised concern about their safety, but
after extensive review, they have been classified as GRAS
(generally recognized as safe) substances. Since vitamins
A & D are fat-soluble, skim and lowfat milks need to have
these added back in.
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Question: I made buttermilk using
nonfat dry milk, water, and liquid buttermilk and found it
came out stringy. What would cause this?
Answer: This an unusual problem, but would more than
likely be caused by one of the three following items:
- The
nonfat dry milk has been affected by heat and/or moisture
and is not as dispersible as normal, which might be the
case with improper storage of the dry milk, or trying to
use it during hot and humid weather.
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The ratio of dry milk used in the recipe is too high, making
it contain too much protein.
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The liquid buttermilk used as the starter does not contain
a strong enough culture. This can usually be solved by being
sure to buy a name brand liquid buttermilk, versus generic.
Since liquid buttermilk is merely cultured skim milk, and
not real buttermilk, the cultures will likely be weaker
in generic brands.
Our
general instructions to make buttermilk, using SACO Mix'n
Drink, is to mix 1 1/3 cups of Mix'n Drink dry powder with
3 cups of water. Add 1/2 cup liquid buttermilk. Stir until
smooth. Allow to clabber at room temperature overnight, then
refrigerate. Can be used at once for baking or chilled for
drinking.
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Question: You list the RDA % of vitamins
A and D on your box, but I need to know the IU breakdown.
Answer: Due to the fact that both of these vitamins are
not shelf stable, and will decrease from the initial amount
added, enough is added to make sure that what the consumer
gets is within the FDA guidelines. An 8 ounce liquid serving
of milk, made with the Mix'n Drink, contains between 506 and
1,173 IU's of vitamin A, and 101-235 IU's of vitamin D. Even
though this sounds like a large range, it is not because IU's
are extremely small units.
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Question: What's the milligram count
for magnesium, calcium, and vitamin C in Mix'n Drink?
Answer: The magnesium count, per one cup reconstituted
milk, is 27 mg. The calcium is 288 mg. The vitamin C in the
Mix'n Drink is naturally-occuring, and is about 1.3 mg per
serving.
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Question: What is the shelf life of
Mix'n Drink?
Answer: What spoils any dry milk is heat and/or moisture.
If kept free from these two elements, dry milk can stay fresh
for up to several years, from a safety standpoint. Once heat
and moisture have affected the milk the powder will become
yellow in color, clump together, and be difficult to mix.
A good way to tell if your Mix'n Drink is still good, is simply
to look at it.
From a nutritional standpoint, dry milk will retain its full
nutritional calculation for 2 years, if free from heat and
moisture. After two years, the nutritional value will decrease
by about 20% each year thereafter.
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Question: What are 'Vitamin A palmitate'
& 'Vitamin D3' and why are they added to Mix'n Drink?
Answer: Vitamin A palmitate and vitamin D3, found in
SACO Mix'n Drink, are added because the government, years
ago, regulated that milk had to contain a specified amount
of vitamins A and D per serving. Low fat/nonfat milk needs
to be fortified to raise the levels of vitamins A and D because
these vitamins are contained in the fat globules. Therefore,
milk containing less or no fat than whole milk would need
fortification. The vitamin used for this fortification is
AD3-Palmitate. AD3-Palmitate was developed especially for
use in milk-based products. It is easily handled, readily
dispersible, and is from a carefully selected, suitably stabilized
vitamin A palmitate of exceptional purity. AD3-Palmitate is
produced by vitamin manufacturers, and contains the same chemical
structure as the natural vitamins A and D found in whole milk,
and found in many of the fresh fruits and vegetables we eat.
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Question: What exactly is the palmitate
in vitamin A palmitate? Does the name mean it is derived from
palm kernel oil?
Answer: Synthetic vitamin A comes in two forms; palmitate
and acetate. Vitamin A acetate is used in tablets, and is
what you would consume when buying straight vitamin A pills.
Vitamin A palmitate is the version used in food products because
it is much more stable and dispersible in moisture than the
acetate is. Vitamin A palmitate is spray-dried and has good
particle size for blending in food products. Both are simply
vitamin A, but one is more easily used in food products than
the other.
Mix'n Drink technically is not a source of palm oil, even
though the source of Vitamin A palmitate is palm oil (because
it is so stable). Palm oil is derived from the tropical palm
tree. This material is then highly modified and goes through
a refining process to synthesize the final vitamin compound.
The palm oil goes through so many changes by the time it's
made into Vitamin A palmitate that, in the end, the scientific
structure no longer resembles that of palm oil, which is why
Mix'n Drink is not considered a source of this oil.
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