Stainless steel:
A sustainable material
for dairy farming
Dairying has been an agricultural
consumer, milk comes into contact
fall into one of the following three
practice since people first started
with the walls of the equipment in
categories:
domesticating animals. Milk and dairy
which it is being processed or
products are a vital part of the diet for
transported. The final product must
Chemical, bacteriological and
many people. They contain most of the
reach the consumer meticulously
organoleptic neutrality with regard
basic elements necessary for children
clean and free from all germs. It is for
to the food product.
to grow and are an important part of
this reason that the dairy industry has
People are more aware than ever of the
the human diet.
employed stainless steel for more
impact of the materials used to
The progress in dairy science and
than sixty years. The compact and
manufacture and transport food.
technology has increased the level of
smooth surface of stainless steel
Certain materials are widely distrusted
hygiene required during the
prevents bacterial contamination and
because of problems with pollution,
manufacture of dairy products in order
facilitates cleaning and disinfection.
to preserve their nutrients. The
modern dairy industry requires the use
allergies and the volume of technical,
scientific and medical information
Why Stainless Steel?
available.
of cleanable, corrosion-resistant
The development of stainless steel in
A number of studies have found that
stainless steel equipment to meet the
the food industry is explained by the
stainless has no adverse effects on
needs of milk product consumers
fact that it corresponds exactly to the
human health, despite its wide and
everywhere.
requirements expected of materials in
lengthy use in fields such as food,
On its journey from the farm to the
contact with food. The requirements
health and human hygiene. Stainless
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