The Truth about Non-Milk Sweetened Condensed Milk and Its Uses
KOMPAS.com – Sweetened condensed milk is a food ingredient that has become an inseparable part of various dishes throughout the world.
However, recently there has been a lot of talk that sweetened condensed milk is not milk, causing confusion among consumers.
This issue grew because this product was considered to not contain milk and could not be consumed directly, such as brewing it.
For this reason, this article will explore the truth about the belief that sweetened condensed milk is not milk, the history of its manufacture and government regulations regarding this very popular food product.
Assuming sweetened condensed milk is not milk
Many people are still confused because they are trapped in the assumption that sweetened condensed milk is not milk.
Regarding this matter, Regulation of the Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Number 21 of 2016 states that sweetened condensed milk is a processed milk product. This product is obtained by removing some of the water from a mixture of milk and sugar until it reaches a certain level of concentration.
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BPOM places sweetened condensed milk in the sub-category
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