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SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK FILLING 



CHAPTER VII. 

 FILLING. 



The sweetened condensed milk is put on the market in 

 barrels and in hermetically sealed tin cans. 



In Barrels. Barrels, similar to glucose barrels, are generally 

 used. They hold from three hundred to seven hundred pounds 

 of condensed milk. New barrels should be used for this purpose. 

 Barrels paraffined, or coated with sodium silicate, on the inside 

 are most satisfactory, as they are more apt to be free from mold 

 spores. Old glucose barrels are dangerous to use, as they often 

 contain decaying remnants of glucose, which cause the condensed 

 milk to ferment. The new barrels are steamed out and drained 

 thoroughly. The filling is facilitated by the use of a large gal- 

 vanized iron funnel with a discharge one and one-half inches 

 in diameter, or an ordinary milk pail with a nipple one and one- 

 half inches in diameter in the bottom of the pail. When filled ; 

 a double layer of cheese cloth is placed over the bunghole, and 

 the bung is driven in level with the staves. The barrel goods 

 are sold to bakeries and candy factories. 



In Cans. The 

 canned goods are in- 

 tended for the retail 

 market. The cans 

 used hold from eight 

 ounces to one gallon 

 of condensed milk. 

 Most makes of tin 

 cans for sweetened 

 condensed milk have 

 a small opening, 

 three-eighths to three- 

 fourths inch in diam- 

 eter through which 

 they are filled. The 

 cans known and sold 



under the trade name 



rig". 39. 



Filling* machine for sweetened condensed milk 



filled before the top Courtesy of Schaefer Mfg. Co. 



