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.