High-quality colostrum products have some characteristics. Heilongjiang Province Colostrum Engineering and Technology Research Center.

Li Hualong (signed article, please indicate the source when reprinting)

1. Milk Source

High-quality colostrum milk source is taken from large pastures located in the golden milk source belt between 43-47 degrees north latitude, and only healthy cows' colostrum collected within the first three milkings after calving is used as raw material. The following are some advantages of high-quality colostrum milk sources.

1. Superior geographical location: The area between 43-47 degrees north latitude is one of the regions in the world suitable for the growth and reproduction of dairy cows. This area has distinct seasons, ample sunlight, a mild climate, pure water quality, and fertile soil. These conditions provide a healthy and happy growth environment for dairy cows.

2. High-quality forage: The hay stacks grown in the golden milk source belt are selected from strictly screened high-quality forage. These forages have high nutritional value and good taste, and after being processed into feed, they can ensure freshness and nutritional components.

3. Health monitoring: High-quality pastures conduct strict health checks at different stages before, during, and after feeding dairy cows to ensure their physical health and good mental state. Regular monitoring of blood, urine, and other indicators, along with reasonable medical and dietary adjustments based on test results, reduces the likelihood of disease in dairy cows, thus ensuring the quality and safety of colostrum.

4. Human management: The pasture has a professional veterinary team and feeding staff to monitor the dairy cows 24 hours a day, ensuring they receive good care. During the collection of milk sources, we carry out strict disinfection, filtration, and other processes to ensure that no contaminants enter the colostrum.

In summary, high-quality colostrum milk sources have multiple advantages such as superior geographical location, high-quality forage, health monitoring, and human management. These characteristics are all aimed at ensuring that the colostrum products we produce can meet high standards and maximize the retention of various immune factors' activity in colostrum.

2. Transportation & Storage

After collecting colostrum raw materials, it should be ensured to be stored frozen and transported using a -4℃ cold chain throughout. The advantages mainly include the following points:

1. Maintain product freshness: Colostrum contains rich active ingredients such as immunoglobulins, growth factors, and functional proteases, which are easily inactivated by temperature changes and contamination. Frozen storage and cold chain transportation can keep the temperature of colostrum within an appropriate range, slowing down microbial and chemical reactions, thus maintaining product freshness and the activity of effective components.

2. Reduce bacterial cross-contamination: Frozen storage and cold chain transportation can effectively reduce the speed of bacterial reproduction and avoid bacterial cross-contamination, thus ensuring product quality and safety.

3. Improve product stability: Prolonged high temperatures or repeated temperature changes can easily lead to spoilage and oxidation of colostrum. Cold chain transportation and frozen storage can reduce the impact of the environment on product stability, improving product quality and stability.

In summary, using frozen storage and cold chain transportation for colostrum can better maintain product freshness, reduce bacterial cross-contamination, improve product stability, and ensure product quality and safety.

3. Processing Technology

Multistage membrane separation technology and low-temperature spray drying technology are currently advanced dairy processing technologies internationally and are high-quality colostrum production processes. Their advantages mainly include the following points:

1. Retain nutritional components: Multistage membrane separation technology can effectively separate various nutritional components in colostrum, maximizing the retention of the biological activity of these components, such as immunoglobulins, growth factors, and active proteases, making the product more nutritious.

2. Avoid contamination: Multistage membrane separation technology can remove impurities and microorganisms in colostrum, avoiding potential contamination issues.

3. Improve purity: After multistage membrane separation, most impurities, fats, and inorganic salts in colostrum will be removed, thus improving the product's purity and stability.

4. Reduce drying temperature: Due to the low heating temperature of the material during the low-temperature spray drying process, it will not damage the active components in colostrum, thus maintaining the high quality of the product.

5. Improve product taste: Low-temperature spray drying can also enhance the taste and solubility of the product, preventing any off-flavors or heterogeneity in taste.

In summary, multistage membrane separation technology and low-temperature spray drying technology are two high-quality, efficient colostrum production processes. They can increase the content of various active immune factors in colostrum and maximize the retention of the biological activity of these components, thus improving the nutritional value and quality of the product.

4. Quality Control

Advanced testing instruments such as Agilent high-performance liquid chromatography should be used to strictly monitor colostrum products.

1. Improve product safety: Monitoring various indicators can ensure that colostrum products meet national/regional, industry, and agricultural standards, removing potential risks as much as possible during the production process, making the products safer and more reliable.

2. Ensure product quality stability: High-end testing instruments and professional testing teams can achieve high precision and high repeatability in measurement results, quickly respond to and accurately judge changes in various indicators in colostrum, ensuring that the produced products have high quality, stability, and consistency to meet consumer demands and expectations.

3. Enhance corporate image and reputation: Conducting comprehensive and systematic testing and monitoring of the colostrum products produced, and strictly implementing standard specifications and quality strategies to ensure product quality and safety, can not only provide customers with tangible and effective experiences and value but also help the enterprise gain a good reputation.

4. Meet market trends: The current market has increasing demands for the quality and safety of colostrum products. Using advanced testing instruments to strictly monitor various indicators can better showcase the company's good image and meet the high demands for quality and safety in the market, helping the enterprise gain a competitive advantage.

Therefore, using globally advanced testing instruments for strict monitoring, including indicators that similar products do not focus on, such as plasticizer testing, can ensure the safety and quality stability of colostrum products and win more consumer trust, gaining an advantageous position in market competition.

Tips: (Control of plasticizers)

Control the issue of plasticizers in colostrum starting from the source of milk collection, mainly including the following aspects:

1. Establish a complete and unified purchasing standard with partner farms, providing specialized food-grade packaging for storing and transporting colostrum, reducing contact between raw materials and plastic products such as milk barrels.

2. Strengthen detection and monitoring: Establish a complete and accurate detection method system to conduct comprehensive supervision and testing of the purchased milk source, and conduct multiple sampling inspections of the products during the processing to ensure that the products meet national relevant standards and regulations.

(The harm of plasticizers)

Regarding the harm of plasticizers to the human body, there are mainly the following points:

1. Hormone-like effects: Components in plasticizers can mimic human hormone functions, affecting the normal function of the human endocrine system. Once entering the human body, they can accumulate and further spread through blood circulation and respiration.

2. Carcinogenicity: Plasticizers contain carcinogenic substances, such as benzene and other chemicals, and long-term exposure may lead to a decline in human immunity, cell mutations, and even induce tumors.

3. Impact on the reproductive system: Plasticizers can also affect the human reproductive system, especially the quality of male testicles and semen, and may have adverse effects on pregnancy.

4. Trigger allergic reactions: Plastic packaging may contain numerous allergenic components such as benzoates, which can easily trigger allergic reactions in the human body. Therefore, during the production of colostrum, we must pay attention to controlling the issue of plasticizers. This involves strict supervision and management starting from the source of milk collection to ensure product safety and harmlessness.

6. Product source traceability

Good colostrum products should be divided into multiple batches during each production, with each batch corresponding to a batch of semi-finished products, which can then be traced back to the farm of the colostrum raw materials. This production method is called batch traceability. Marking and recording each batch of products can solve the following problems:

1. Safety: If a problem arises, it is possible to quickly identify the problematic batch and take corresponding measures, promptly recalling or handling operations to ensure consumer safety.

2. Quality management: By recording and tracking each batch of products, it is possible to identify the links where quality issues arise and timely improve and optimize the production process.

3. Improve efficiency: Producing and recording by batch can enhance production efficiency and reduce resource waste.

4. Enhance brand value: Adopting a batch traceability system can establish brand reputation, creating a more reliable, safe, and quality-assured brand image in the market, gaining more consumer trust in fierce market competition.

In summary, adopting a batch traceability method for production is of great significance, ensuring consumer safety, improving quality levels, enhancing efficiency, and increasing brand value.