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Can you please tell me what homogenized milk is and what process it goes through to become homogenized? Is anything added? Is it unhealthy for pregnant women?
Last Updated: August 15, 2007
Homogenized milk is milk that has been processed in milk plants to break up fat globules into smaller fat particles that will not separate or rise to the milk surface to form a cream layer. Milk is pumped through a restricted orifice or valve under high pressure, which causes the fat globules (3-4 microns) to fragment into small fat particles (
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