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Evaporated milk takes up half the space of its nutritional equivalent in fresh milk. This makes evaporated milk attractive for some purposes as it can have a shelf life of months or even years, depending upon the fat and sugar content. In the 1920s and 1930s, evaporated milk began to be widely commercially available at low prices. The Christian Diehl Brewery, for instance, entered the business in 1922, producing Jerzee brand evaporated milk as a response to the Volstead Act. After the water has been removed, the product is chilled, stabilized, sterilized and packaged. Evaporated milk is sometimes used in its concentrated form in tea or coffee, or as a topping for desserts.

Evaporated milk is the liquid food obtained by partial removal of water only from milk. It contains not less than 6. 5 percent by weight of milk fat, not less than 16. 5 percent by weight of milk solids not fat, and not less than 23 percent by weight of total milk solids.

It may contain added vitamin C if a daily intake of this product contains between 60 and 75 milligrams, and may also contain vitamin D in an amount no less than 300 International Units and no more than 400 International Units. The shelf life of canned evaporated milk varies according to both its added content and its proportion of fat. For the regular unsweetened product a life of fifteen months can be expected before any noticeable destabilization occurs. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. How does sugar act as a preservative?

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