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Things you need to know about CREAM

WHAT'S ABOUT CREAM ? Cream can be used in many foods such as ice-cream, sauces, soups, custard bases and cakes. It is a dairy product composed of a higher butter fat layer skimmed from the top of the milk before being homogenized. According to Food Act and Regulations, cream shall be the fatty liquid prepared from milk by separating the milk constituents through a separation process in such a manner so as to extract the milk fat content. It usually come from cow’s or goat’s milk. However, it can also derived from plant source which will end up as plant cream. The reasons of plant cream is being produced and consumed is due to the group of people who are lactose intolerance or milk allergic and also for vegetarians. The cream produced by cattle contains some natural carotenoids derived from the plants they eat which gives a pale-yellow tone. Actually, cream is easy to be made. One can get their own cream by simply heating milk and allowing it to cool completely. Once the...