Table 13 Changes in the biological value and true digestibility of milk proteins after heat treatment (young rats)
| Sample | Biological value | Truedigestibility |
| A | B |
| Raw whole milk | 90 | 92 | 91 |
| HTST-pasteurized | 91 | - | - |
| UHT-sterilized | 91 | 93 | 92 |
| Sterilized in bottle | 84 | 88 | 89 |
Adpated from Kathleen et al., 1959; Burton, 1965.