evaporated milk

Type: Product

Evaporated milk, known in some countries as "unsweetened condensed milk", is a shelf-stable canned cow’s milk product, consisting of fresh milk from which approximately 60% of the water has been removed. French inventor Nicolas Appert, the "father of food science", perfected the process in the 1820s. It differs from sweetened condensed milk, which contains added sugar and requires less processing to preserve, as the added sugar inhibits bacterial growth. The production process involves the evapo

Company: Various producers

Category: Dairy product

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