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Milk bag
Milk bag, or bagged milk: a flexible polyethylene pillow pouch for pasteurized milk, standard in Canada as three 1.33 L pouches totalling 4 L. Introduced by DuPont of Canada in 1967, metrication spread it; lighter than jugs or cartons but often non-recyclable.
Milk basic protein
Milk basic protein (MBP), or bovine milk basic protein fraction, is a whey-derived fraction rich in lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase, GRAS in the US since 2006 (GRN 196), used at 10–40 mg per serving for bone health.
Milk caps (game)
Milk caps, also known as POGs, is a children's game of throwing a slammer at a stack of cardboard disks to win flipped ones, a 1990s craze.
Milk chocolate
Milk chocolate: solid eating chocolate made with chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, and milk solids; invented by Daniel Peter in Vevey in 1875 using Nestlé condensed milk, perfected by Lindt's 1879 conching, defined by US and EU composition standards.
Milk delivery
Milk delivery is the home distribution of fresh dairy products, usually milk in glass bottles, a standard service in the twentieth century that later declined.
Milk Inc. (Belgian dance group)
Milk Inc., also written Milk Incorporated, is a Belgian dance group formed in 1996 by producer Regi Penxten and fronted since 2000 by vocalist Linda Mertens.
Milk mineral concentrate
Milk mineral concentrate is a dried dairy ingredient fractionated from whey or milk, rich in calcium (22% minimum) and phosphorus, subject of GRAS Notice GRN 376 by Armor Proteines and covered by the ADPI Milk Minerals Standard.
Milk Money (film)
Milk Money is a 1994 American romantic comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and written by John Mattson, starring Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, and Michael Patrick Carter, released by Paramount Pictures.
Milk protein concentrate
Milk protein concentrate (MPC), also called MPC powder, is a dairy ingredient of 40–85% protein made by ultrafiltration and diafiltration of skim milk, keeping milk's 80:20 casein-to-whey ratio; MPI exceeds 90% protein.
Milk protein hydrolysate
Milk protein hydrolysate: casein or whey protein broken into peptides by enzymatic hydrolysis; used in hypoallergenic infant formula, clinical nutrition, and functional foods; typically up to about 25% DH.
Milk run (logistics)
A milk run is a scheduled logistics route where one vehicle on a fixed recurring loop picks up or delivers goods at multiple stops instead of separate trips.
Milk sickness
Milk sickness, or tremetol poisoning, is human poisoning from milk of cows that ate white snakeroot or rayless goldenrod; it killed thousands of Midwest settlers, including Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and was identified by Anna Pierce Hobbs around 1834.
Milk snake
Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum complex), a non-venomous American colubrid with coral-snake-like banding, a Batesian mimic; formerly 25 subspecies, now split into at least seven species; constrictor eating rodents and reptiles.
Milk tea
Milk tea (奶茶) is tea combined with milk, spanning Mongolian salted tea, Indian chai, Hong Kong silk-stocking milk tea, and Taiwanese bubble tea; Hong Kong's version is a listed intangible cultural heritage.
Milk-cap morphology and latex chemistry
Milk-cap mushrooms, chiefly the genera Lactarius and Lactifluus, are defined by the milky latex that exudes from cut flesh, and share a brittle texture with Russula.
Milka
Milka is a milk chocolate brand registered by Suchard on 19 March 1901, named from Milch (milk) and Kakao (cocoa), sold in lilac packaging with the Lila cow mascot, now owned by Mondelēz International and sold in over 15 countries.
Milkbasket
Milkbasket was a Gurugram-based Indian micro-delivery startup, founded in 2015, that delivered milk and daily groceries to subscribers before 7 AM; it reportedly was acquired by Reliance Industries in 2021.
Milkfish
Milkfish (Chanos chanos), called bangus in the Philippines, is a herbivorous food fish of the tropical Indo-Pacific and a main farmed finfish in Southeast Asia for centuries.
Milkha Singh (ਮਿਲਖਾ ਸਿੰਘ)
Milkha Singh (ਮਿਲਖਾ ਸਿੰਘ), known as "The Flying Sikh", was an Indian sprinter who won four Asian Games golds and finished fourth in the 400 meters at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Milkie Way
Milkie Way, born Rachel Alexandra Hastings in 1997, is a Northern Irish musician. She plays bass and vocals in Wargasm, releasing the albums Explicit: The Mixxxtape and Venom.
Milkilu
Milkilu, also written Milki-Ilu or Milkili, was ruler of the Canaanite city-state of Gezer in the mid-14th century BC, known from the Amarna letters, including a pharaoh's demand for 40 women for the royal harem.
Milking
Milking is the extraction of milk from dairy animals by hand, machine, or robotic systems. Key facts: oxytocin let-down lasts 5-7 minutes; machine milking generally improves hygiene and udder health; robotic milking produced 6% of U.S. milk in 2021.
Milking machine
A milking machine extracts milk from dairy animals by vacuum with pulsation, using teat cups, a pulsator, and a vacuum pump to milk up to 200 cows an hour.
Milking parlour
A milking parlour is a purpose-built farm facility where cows are brought to be milked by an operator in a sunken pit, with herringbone, parallel, and rotary layouts.
Milking pipeline
A milking pipeline, also called a milk pipeline, is a permanently mounted vacuum pipe carrying milk from cows in a barn to a central receiver and bulk tank.
Milko E. van der Boom
Milko E. van der Boom is a materials chemist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, known for electrochromic films and chiral metal-organic framework crystals.
Milkor 380
The Milkor 380 is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle built by South Africa's Milkor, first flown in 2023 and the largest UAV built in Africa.
Milkor MGL
The Milkor MGL is a South African six-shot 40 mm revolver grenade launcher, the first of its type, adopted in 1983 and used in over 56 countries.
Milkshake
Milkshake: a cold, frothy blended beverage of milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, originating as an American soda fountain drink in the 1880s. Regional names include frappe, cabinet, frosted, and thick shake; the ice-cream version became standard after refrigeration.
Milkshake (song)
"Milkshake" is a 2003 song by the singer Kelis, produced by the Neptunes and known for the hook "my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard."