What does it mean when it says on the milk sold in stores that it is homogenized?

Question

What does it mean when it says on the milk sold in stores that it is homogenized?

Answer 1

It means that it's mixed so you don't see all the different fat layers other wise people wouldn't want to buy or drink it.

Answer 2

if you have ever seen what comes out of a cow, then you would understand what homogenized means.

Answer 3

NOT fat-free or reduced fat.

Answer 4

blended at the dairy so that the milkfat (cream) does not separate and rise to the top

Answer 5

One of the oldest applications of homogenization is in milk processing, where the aim is to prevent or delay the natural separation of cream from the rest of the emulsion. The fat in milk normally separates from the water and collects at the top. Homogenization is the process of breaking up that fat into smaller sizes so that it no longer separates from the milk, allowing the sale of non-separating 2% and whole milk. This is accomplished by forcing the milk at high pressure through small orifices.

When soft solids are milled in a liquid, this can also be seen as a form of homogenization. Among the many types of equipment that can be used for this process are extruders, hammermills and colloid mills.

Answer 6

Homo=Human. Genus=kind. It means you are drinking the milk homogenized for human health and will grow to 6'4'' if you are to keep on drinking, in fact. Just drink and drink and drining it.

Answer 7

It's special homo man milk

Answer 8

Homogenized milk basically means that the cream has been permanently mixed into the liquids of the milk...in the old days, the cream would separate to the top, and you had to keep shaking it to get it to mix together.  Homogenization is desirable in most cases and prevents this.

Answer 9

It means that the fat globules have been split up and distributed evenly throughout the whole bottle of milk. In the "olden days" you could skim the cream off the top of the milk. Which I suppose wouldn't be that good for the people who came along later.