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Tallowy

The flavour associated with fat oxidation. A tallowy taste is associated withold fat or oil. It also includes the flavours of old animal fat or the bottom of a roasting pan.

Tank

Storage vessel usually used mid product stream as a buffer between processes.

Team

A group of people who work together to achieve something.

Thermalisation

The heat treatment of milk or cream to manage bacteria loading. For cream typically 65°c for 15 seconds. However, thermalisation is also the term used for any heat treatment that doesn’t meet regulatory requirements to be classified as pasteurisation.

TMP

Total Milk Protein. An ingredient with high nutritional quality containing both casein and whey proteins extracted from skim milk.

Tolerant

Easy-going and accepting of how other people are.

Toxin

Poison.

Traceability

Being able to follow what has happened to the product from the start of the process to the finished product.

TRIFR

Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate.

True solution

When the solid particles completely dissolve in a solution. For example, when lactose and most minerals completely dissolve in the water phase of milk.