B3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14,1984
Milk
when you are
Milk is a rich source of calcium,
protein and riboflavin as well as a
good source of vitamin D and
phosphorus. Because of its ex
cellent nutrient composition, fluid
milk is highly perishable and
should be kept cold and protected.
Proper handling, including
packaging, can help milk retain its
nutritional value, flavor, ap
pearance and safety.
The year 1984 marks the cen
tennial of the glass milk bottle, a
giant step forward in making
milk’s quality readily available to
consumers. Dr. Harvey D.
Thatcher of Potsdam, New York,
was the inventory of a glass bottle
which could be filled with milk and
capped to protect the product.
Until then, milk was poured or
dipped from cans or vats into
customers’ containers.
For the next fifty years glass
was the only material used for
milk containers. Today less than
1% of the fluid milk sold in the
United States is packaged in glass.
This figure comes from the annual
study of packaged fluid milk sales
in Federal Milk Order Markets
conducted by the Dairy Division of
the Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Plastic and paper are the
materials used most often. Paper
is used for about 40% of the milk
packages and plastic for over 60%.
Twenty years ago glass was used
for 31% of the containers, paper for
64% and plastic for barely 2%.
Sizes of milk packages have also
changed. The original glass milk
bottle held a quart of milk. Twenty
years ago only 13% of the con
tainers were quarts, and today the
number is less than 5%. In 1964, the
most popular container size for
milk was the half-gallon (54%), but
today even more milk sales are in
gallons (over 60%). The growth in
sales of larger containers matches
changes in other shopping patterns
fewer trips to the sfbre, larger
refrigerators and changes in
packaging.
Newest package for milk is the
UHT container. It is pre-sterilized
and aseptically sealed, so that
spoilage bacteria cannot enter the
milk. This package is available
only regionally and in quart or
single-serving sizes.
Packaging improvements
continue to keep milk’s good taste
and nutritional benefits available.
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There are 167 Brock commercial bins
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Capacities vary from 4342 to
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