Inflation continues to go up to the point where it is said that nothing is going up these days, but the price of milk has also risen recently, so it is around the mid-to-late range of 2,000 won per liter.



Perhaps that's why cheap imported sterilized milk is popular these days. What's the difference with domestic milk?



It ranks high in search for processed foods on portal sites, and you can see inquiries and reviews on the Internet. In fact, the import of sterilized milk continues to increase.



[Mr A/Sterilized milk consumer: Previously, when you drink milk, if you miss a few days, the expiration date has passed, but sterilized milk now has a part where you can relieve your worries a little more, so it is very convenient. .] The



difference in shelf life is due to the manufacturing method.



[Han Seong-gu / Professor, Department of Livestock Food Biotechnology, Konkuk University: The difference in heat treatment strength. Pasteurized milk has low heat treatment intensity. So it's basically designed to kill only the microbes that cause disease. But in the case of sterilized milk, it destroys all microorganisms in it. In order to do that, it will now have to be heated at a higher temperature for a longer period of time. For this reason, in order to eat it fresh and in its original state, this pasteurized milk is good. Instead, (sterilized milk) can be distributed at room temperature. It is safe because it is completely free of microorganisms. It doesn't have to be particularly bad or good. Both are good.] The



price is low, but compared to pasteurized milk, the nutritional value is not too low, so the popularity of imported sterilized milk has increased.



However, as the popularity of imported milk increases, there are places where people are worried, of course, they are domestic milk companies.



First of all, the consumption of milk itself has also decreased due to the corona and the decrease in the birth rate.



The country sets the price of raw milk, which is raw milk, in a unique way.



Crude oil cannot be controlled as much as it gets from cows, so for the stable production and income of the dairy industry, the price is set by reflecting the production cost and the previous year's price when making milk at dairy farms.



The problem is that 'demand' is not reflected in the price of crude oil, so even if milk does not sell and remains, it is a strange situation where the price of milk cannot be lowered.



The bigger problem is that as the price of domestic milk rises, the price of milk-based fresh cream and butter as well as coffee, bread, and sweets may rise.



The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is holding a dairy industry development committee to solve this problem. A new pricing structure will be introduced within this year, such as reflecting demand in the price setting of crude oil and varying the price of raw milk made from raw milk and processed products. policy to create.



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