The clever way to stop milk losses in Dairies

Rising costs from inflation and increased focus on reducing carbon dioxide emissions make product loss management more important than ever in dairy plants. One major reason these losses occur is because timings or other process parameters are set incorrectly, causing a lot of valuable dairy product to be unnecessarily washed out together with the wastewater. Collo’s unique liquid fingerprint technology addresses this problem by detecting any type of liquid in the pipes in real-time, offering an easy way to optimise production and cut product losses.

 

The rising costs of raw milk, electricity and other expenses are driving dairy plants to put more focus on reducing milk loss. The cost of raw milk risen by 64% in two years in the EU region, and in some countries significantly more. With thin profit margins, it is a strategic imperative for many plants to minimise product loss. At the same time, there is global pressure to reduce the CO2 footprint of dairy production, and here milk loss at the plant plays a key role.

The scale of the problem is huge. Considering that the EU alone had more than 12.000 milk processing and production sites handling over 161 million tons of raw milk in 2021, significant volumes of milk could be saved, translating into greatly reduced carbon footprints for dairies across the EU by prioritising reductions in production losses.