Analysis of Fat and Protein Content in Milk Using Laser Polarimetric Scatterometry

Alexey V. Shkirin, Dmitry N. Ignatenko, Sergey N. Chirikov, Nikolai F. Bunkin, Maxim E. Astashev and Sergey V. Gudkov
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Alexey V. Shkirin: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry N. Ignatenko: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Sergey N. Chirikov: Laser Physics Department, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe Sh. 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia
Nikolai F. Bunkin: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Maxim E. Astashev: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Sergey V. Gudkov: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Monitoring the composition of milk products is an important factor in the management of dairy farms and industry. Information on the quantitative content of milk components is necessary to control milk quality, as well as to optimize dairy cow nutrition and diagnose their clinical condition. The content of fat and protein is considered the main criterion for determining the market value of milk. Increasing the efficiency of dairy production requires the use of inexpensive and compact devices that are capable of performing multicomponent analysis of milk both directly on the farm and in technological lines. We investigated the possibility of fast simultaneous determination of fat and protein content in milk by laser polarimetric scatterometry. The block-diagonal elements of the scattering matrix were measured for a series of commercially produced milk samples with the indicated fat percentage, which were diluted by volume with water. From the measured scattering matrices, the size distributions of fat droplets and casein aggregates were reconstructed. Using the size histograms, the content of fat and protein and protein-to-fat ratio in the studied milk samples are estimated.

Keywords: milk quality control; milk fat and protein; light scattering matrix; protein-to-fat ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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