San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
CANNED milk IS
PURE AND RICH
IN FOOD VALUE
5 Finest of Cows Milk
With Part Of Water
Removed.
TESTS INSURE SAFETY
BUSINESS Still in Infancy But
Consumption In
creasing.
BY LOUIS NJ. ULMANS
Mart Ebeling Company

In plain and simple terms, canned
hilk is the purest of cows milk from
hitch a part of the water has been re-
loved by evaporation. Nothing is add
d, not even sugar. In its purity lies
Is safety. In its rich abundance of
utter fat lies its great fooi value and
economy.
The evaporated milk business is still
its infancy, but there is a steady in
rease and consumption from year to
ear, as the housewife is realizing that
here can be nothing better than hilk
hat insures richness in quality as
yell as cleanliness. And there is no
oubt that the day is near when the
Id slogan eJlettilS your grotyryman
e your milkmaR NIL besuniversal. 4
Milk canning plants Gre located ZIP
be heart of Americas finest dairyNg
enters. From the surrounding coun-
.rysides, farmers bring the milk to these
ondenseries direct from the rich green
1airying sections. 1t is delivered in
terrified milk cans. kept cool to the
proper temperature at all seasons OF the
ear.
How IL Is Canned.
When received at the plant. the milk
$ tested before it is accepted, after
Which it is poured into clean glass
| ned receiving tanks. Then it passes
o glass-lined or copper pre-heating ket-
| les, rendering germproof and pure by
fertilization with steam. After heat
Ing to certain temperature, the milk
koes to great vacuum pans, where the
svaporating process takes place.
After part of the water has been
emoved BY evaporation, the milk passes
/ n TO the homogenizing machines
|rhsre the butter fat globules are broken
I'M into minute particles TO keep the
kich butter fat from separating and ris-
|ng to the top of the can, as in ordinary
milk bottles. y
Cans Made at Plant.
Cooling is the next step in the process,
hitter which the milk is again placed in
Eterilized glass-lined storage tanks and
laboratory tests are made to make sure
That the products meet the high stand
brd of quality. Then comes the filling,
probably one of the most interesting
barts of the process to the average per-
BON. These cans are made right in the
Factory and come direct from the can
making machine totally sealed with the
Exception of a tiny hole less than one
tenth Of an inch in diameter. They
bass from an overhead slide TO the au-
|omatic filling machine. and the milk
Is forced into the can through the small
hole, after which an automatic solder
Ing machine Theoretically seals the cans
kt the rate Of 100 cans n minute.
Tests Insure Quality.
After testing the cans for leaks, they
Are put on trays and moved into the
steriiizer. where sterilizing heat is ap-
nlied by steam. One more safety test
remains before the cans are labeled and
They are piled in huge heat
ing room, kept at an even heat and al
lowed to remain there from definite
time. Finally the cans are again tested
Individually, then 0sssed on to the
labelling department.
Throughout the entire process, ex-
IRENE sanitary precautions are taken.
The shining equipment of very milk
and cleanliness OF every
employe give evidence Of constant care
and cleanliness.
Rich In Butter Fat.
Canned milk is far richer in butter
Fat than the milk obtained from some
diaries. Tests show canned milk con-
tains eight and two-tenths per cent OF
butter fat and twenty-six and five
tspths per cent solids, which only car
res out the slogan adopted years ago
by milk Gamers: "Let Your Grocer
Be Your Milkman."