Soured milk and yoghurt
Practical Action
Equipment required
Milk churns or similar containers.
Pasteurising pan (e.g. 10 litres) preferably made from stainless steel, but aluminium is
acceptable.
Source of heat.
Thermometer (0-100 oC) for checking product and refrigerator temperatures (preferably
an electronic thermometer).
Incubator.
Refrigerator.
Optional
Pot sealer. Pot sealers can be made locally by fixing a domestic electric iron to a drill
stand. Commercially available pot sealers have a thermostatically controlled sealing
head, which can be adjusted for sealing foil or plastic lids.
Fruit pulper. Manual or electric pulpers are available (see Technical Brief: Fruit juice
processing)
Scales. 0-1 kg +/- 1 g for weighing ingredients, 0-25 kg +/- 100 g for milk or fruit.
Equipment suppliers
Note: This is a selective list of suppliers and does not imply endorsement by Practical Action.
The website www.smalldairy.com/dairy%20resources.html also lists equipment suppliers,
laboratory supplies, books and contacts for small dairy processing.
Dairy processing equipment
Fullwood Ltd., Grange Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 9DF, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1691
622391. Fax: +44 (0) 1691 622355. www.fullwood.com
Batch Pasteuriser.
C Van t Riet Dairy Technology, Dorpsstraat 25, 2445 AJ Aarlanderveen, The Netherlands,
Tel: +31 172 571304, Fax: +31 172 573406, E-mail: info@rietdairy.nl, Website:
http://www.rietdairy.nl/
Dairy Udyog, C-230, Ghatkopar Industrial Estate, L.B.S. Marg, Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai -
400 086, India. Tel: +91 (0)22 2517 1636 / 2517 1960. Fax: +91 (0) 22 2517 0878.
Email: jipun@vsnl.com
Butter & yoghurt making ingredients & equipment
Finest Kind, P.O. Box 1, Plettenberg Bay 6600, South Africa, Tel: +27 (0) 44 533
1623, E mail: info@finestkind.co.za, Website: www.finestkind.co.za/equipment.html
Yoghurt incubators
Lehman’s, P.O. Box 41, Kidron, Ohio 44636, USA. Tel: +1 877 438 5346, +1 888 438
5346, E-mail: info@lehmans.com, Website: http://www.lehmans.com
Ashoka Industries, Kirama, Walgammulla, Sri Lanka, Tel: + 94 71 7654725
Industrial Development Board, Galle Road, Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Ingredients
Lactic acid bacteria cultures
Dalton Biotechnologie, Via Italia 87, 65010 Spoltore (PE), Italy, Tel: +39 085 415 6634,
Fax: +39 085 4146636, E-mail: info@dalton.it, Website: http://www.dalton.it/
Essences and food colourings
These ingredients are used for bakery products and are suitable for use in yoghurts. They are
available in large cities from supermarkets or bakery suppliers.
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