Confusing Osmosis: Why Hot Milk Tastes Like Water

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Start date Mar 1, 2006
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When hot milk is placed in a cool solution, it can taste like water at the bottom due to the separation of milkfat from the liquid. This phenomenon is not related to osmosis, as a closed jar is impermeable. The heating process may cause the milkfat to be forced out of suspension, altering the flavor profile. The discussion highlights a lack of personal experience with this occurrence, leading to speculation about the underlying science. Understanding the behavior of milk components when heated could clarify this taste change.

Mar 1, 2006

spiffing_abhijit

When a closed jar of hot milk is dipped in a cool solution and tasted after some time then why does it taste like water at the bottom.

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Mar 1, 2006

spiffing_abhijit

i don't know about it exactly.

Mar 1, 2006

russ_watters

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I've never experienced this phenomena, but a glass jar is not permeable, so it wouldn't be osmosis. It could simply be that heating the milk forces the milkfat out of solution/suspension.

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