MANUFACTURE OF CASEIN.
■A DEMAND IX EI'KOPE. Tlio fact thai ca-ein is at present bc-insr manufactured in Wanganui lend* interest to u report from Melbourne which states that negotiations are in progress between representatives of the western districts butter factories and a German firm for the manufacture of the product of skim milk. Casein as a by-product of dairymen, says the Melbourne "Argus," is defined as that ingredient in milk which is neither coagulated spontaneously, like fibriue, nor by heat like albumen, but by the action of acids alone. Cheese made from skimmed milk and well pressed is nearly pure ca-ein. There is a proving demand for casein, owing to producers on the Continent taking up cheese-making, ami a consequent decrease in the supply of skim milk. It is a useful commodity, ; being used in cold-water paints, for coating or sizing paper, and as a substitute for celluloid. It is estimated that it takes 70(10 gallons of milk to make ono ton of casein, which is worth i;; 32 per ton f.o.b.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1213, 23 August 1911, Page 8
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