Main categories
Dairy products • Milk
• Flavoured milk drinks
• Soy milk
The selection of dairy products is • Sour milk drinks
very large. • Fermented dairy drinks
• Cream
• Cheese
➔ Each product type is associated with
• Yoghurts
individual properties that to a large
• Fromage frais and quark
extent determine the shelf life of that
• Butter, margarine and spreads
product.
• Desserts
• Chilled snacks
• Fruit juices and drinks
Change in quality Effect Packaging requirements
Growth of spoilage bacteria, moulds Off-odours and off-flavours Low storage temperature!
and yeast Spoilage / food poisoning Vacuum or modified atmosphere
packaging
Lipid oxidation Off-odours and off-flavours Oxygen barrier
(e.g. rancidity) Vacuum or modified atmosphere
packaging
Light barrier
Loss of moisture Weight losses Moisture barrier
Changes in texture
Changes in colour
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