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Butter is an emulsion of fats and proteins in water.

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What is the best source of butterfat?

Fresh sweet cream is the best source of butterfat


What milk-fat is called?

An alternative name for milk fat is butterfat. When the butterfat is removed from the milk, it is called cream.


What is milk fat called?

An alternative name for milk fat is butterfat. When the butterfat is removed from the milk, it is called cream.


Does guernsey produce the most butterfat?

No. You've got this confused with the Jersey, which is the breed that produces milk with the most butterfat.


Why do you add acetone before extraction of the butterfat with ether?

The acetone allows the separation of butterfat and casein (whey) from the lactose in milk.


What is a milk fat called?

it is butterfat


Who invented the butterfat test?

Henry ribers


What is average butterfat percentage for a Jersey cow?

5.3 %


What is the ingredients of cream?

Cream is separated from whole milk. The main ingredient of interest in cream would be the butterfat. The amount of butterfat would depend upon the type of cream.


How many quarts of 6 percent butterfat milk and 1 percent butterfat milk should be mixed to yield 75 quarts of 4 percent butterfat milk?

If 'X' is the number of quarts of 6 percent butterfat milk and 'Y' is the number of quarts of the 1 percent butterfat milk then: x + y = 75 quarts and (6x + 1y)/75 = 4 (because we want 4 percent per quart) then solving for the system of equations leads to: x = 45 quarts (the 6 percent) and y = 30 quarts (the 1 percent)


What is fatty part of milk called?

It's mostly water, milk is an emulsion or colloid of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid.


What is in heavy cream that makes it possible to whip it?

Butterfat (Lipids).