Brown sugar sweetened condensed milk and process for preparation thereof

A process for preparing a brown sugar sweetened condensed milk containing a substantial amount of an unrefined, high ash content, brown sugar sweetener comprising the steps of sweetening milk with a high ash content, unrefined brown sugar concentrate and then adding to the sweetened milk a protein stabilizing alkaline salt in an amount sufficient to adjust the pH of the sweetened milk to 6.75-6.85, prior to heating the sweetened milk at a temperature of about 185.degree. F. or above, to avoid casein precipitation upon heating the sweetened milk, and then heating the pH adjusted sweetened milk to a temperature of 195.degree. F. to boiling to produce a shelf stable sweetened condensed milk of legal formulation.

A process for preparing a brown sugar sweetened condensed milk containing a substantial amount of an unrefined, high ash content brown sugar sweetener comprising the steps of adding sodium hydroxide to a high ash content, unrefined brown sugar syrup in an amount sufficient to give a syrup having a pH of approximately 10 and then adding the syrup to milk to give a sweetened milk with a pH of 6.8, which can be heated at a temperature of about 185.degree. F. or above without casein precipitation, and then heating the pH adjusted sweetened milk to a temperature of 200.degree. F. to boiling to produce a shelf stable sweetened condensed milk of legal formulation.