A METHOD FOR ANALYZING MILK, A METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE CONTENT OF CARBOHYDRATES IN MILK AND A DEVICE FOR ANALYZING MILK

• Main Authors: KALYANOV, Alexander, CHRISTEN, Lukas, ISLER, Helene, WOLF, Martin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.10.2023
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

The present disclosure relates to a method for analyzing milk in which method light is introduced into the milk and signals resulting from a reflectance (R) measurement, from a transmittance (T) measurement and from an unscattered transmittance (UT) measurement are obtained, which signals in combination are electronically processed to output information indicative of at least one parameter of the milk. In other aspects, the present disclosure relates to a method for analyzing the content of carbohydrates in milk by introducing light into the milk and analyzing the light signals coming out from the milk, wherein the wavelength of the light introduced into the milk is not more than 2500 nm, and a device for analyzing milk, which has a first measuring length (4, 14) for measuring transmittance (T) of light through the milk and reflectance (R) of light by the milk, and a second measuring length (24) for measuring unscattered transmittance (UT) of light through the milk, wherein the second measuring length (24) is thinner than the first measuring length (4, 14) by a factor of at least 10.