Why is there white stuff floating in milk?

Answer 1

The white stuff floating in milk is bits of fat. There are a couple of reasons why this can happen:

- Poor homogenisation leads to flocculation (bits of fat clumping together and floating)

- Spoilage of milk (lowered pH breaks some protein bonds leading to lumps of fat)

Flocculation can happen easily in long life milk as the extended shelf life allows more time for fat globules to aggregate and stick together.

Answer 2

Although many of the substances in milk appear white when dry, none of them are actually white. Even titanium dioxide, one of the best "white" pigments, isn't white; it's clear. It appears white for the same reason snow appears white. Both scatter the entire visible light spectrum evenly. Further, white does not exist in the natural world. Rather, it is a construct of our eyes and brain.

Thus, fats, sugars, and proteins are all clear. Sugar in the sugar bowl and salt in the shaker appear white because their crystalline structures scatter the visible light spectrum evenly. Snow and clouds appear white for the same reason. Snow and clouds are made of water, yet who would claim that water is white?

All of the substances in milk are clear, except for vitamin A, which has a slight yellowish tinge.

So, why is milk white?

Milk appears to be white because the dissolved substances in milk scatter the entire light spectrum evenly - creating the optical illusion we call white.

Answer 3

Nothing makes the milk turn white - that is just how it naturally is produced.

Answer 4

Er. isn't milk usually white?

If you mean the "coagulated" stuff, that's curd (when you're trying to make cheese)

Answer 5

the drink is so hot that gases cause into foam

Answer 6

That's curds. It means the milk has gone bad and needs to be thrown out.

Answer 7

Because food coloring is less dense than milk

Answer 8

what makes milk white are you stupid why would you ask that this people are crazy

Answer 9

The protien in the milk.