Milk taste can be enhanced by new LED display lights

New LED lights are known to reduce the energy bills across the globe but little did we know that they also help milk taste fresh, sweet and rich.

Remember the freshly pasteurized milk our grandparent's used to receive at their doorstep? It used to be so yummy. But we don't fall the same way for the milk that has been exposed to conventional fluorescent lights. Milk is delicious and nutritious but its consumption has been decreasing for several decades. This concern made the researchers at Virginia Tech to find ways to protect the milk characteristics to help the industry and to provide consumers the better and rich product. 

Researchers on conducting a series of experiments found that new LED lights positioned in milk display cabinets does help milk retaining its fresh taste but packaging should also be taken into consideration to get the fresh milk taste. Riboflavin, one of the nutrients in milk, oxidizes on exposure to fluorescent lights. This oxidation reaction changes the milk taste as well as reduces the nutritional value of the milk. Therefore, opaque milk packaging will also help to deliver milk with fresh and rich taste. 

This new lighting research has given the impetus to researchers to explore other ways to protect the natural taste of milk.