Standard of Malted Milk Foods

i. Legal Standards

According to prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA), 1976, malted milk food means the product obtained by mixing whole milk or partially skimmed milk or milk powder with malt extract and cereal grain flour in such a manner as to secure complete hydrolysis of starchy material. It shall not contain added sugar, foreign-fat and added colours and preservatives. It may contain cocoa powder. Malted milk food shall be in the form of powder. It shall confirm to the following standards:

Moisture - Not more than 5.0 percent

Total ash - Not more than 5.0 percent, on dry basis

Ash insoluble in dilute HCl - Not more than 0.1 percent, on dry basis

Milk fat - Not less than 7.0 percent, on dry basis

Nitrogen - Not less than 2.0 per cent, on dry basis

Solubility percent - Not less than 80.0 percent

Starch - If dissolved in 5 ml of boiling water, cooled and treated with 0.5 ml of 0.05 percent iodine

solution in KI does not develop any blue colour

Bacterial count - Not more than 50,000 per g.

Coliform count - Not more than 10 per g.

Provided that nitrogen content shall not be less than 1.8 percent on dry basis if the malted milk food contains cocoa.

ii. BIS Standards (IS: 1806 – 1975):

The material shall be of the following two types:

Type-1 : Malted milk foods containing no cocoa powder: As per the definition given by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) malted milk foods not containing cocoa powder (IS-1806-1975) means the material obtained by a combination of whole milk, partially skimmed milk or milk powder, with the wort separated from a mash of ground barely malt/any other malted cereal grain and wheat flour or any other cereal flour or malt extract, with or without addition of optional ingredients and without added sugar, in such a manner as to secure complete hydrolysis of the starchy material and prepared in a powder or granule or flake form by roller drying, spray drying, vacuum drying or any other suitable process

Type-2 : Malted milk food containing cocoa powder : Malted milk foods containing cocoa powder shall be same as Type-1 and will contain cocoa powder.

Optional ingredients: In addition to ingredients mentioned the products may contain any of the optional ingredients, singly or in combination as given below:

a) Flavouring agents and spices (Those permitted under PFA Rules, 1955)

b) Emulsifying agents (Those permitted under PFA Rules, 1955)

c) Eggs

d) Protein isolates

e) Sodium chloride

f) Sodium or potassium bicarbonate, and

g) Minerals and vitamins

Requirements:

 Malted milk foods not containing cocoa powder (Type-2) shall be in the form of powder or granules or flakes. These shall be free from starch (except starch natural to cocoa powder) and added non-milk fat.  Malted milk foods shall be free from preservatives and added colours.These shall be free from dirt and other extraneous matter.

Malted milk foods shall also comply with the requirements given in Table .

Requirements for malted milk foods (IS: 1806 – 1975)