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Original Article
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF SOME PHYSIC-
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT BRANDS OF BABY MILK POWDER
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DR.D.GOPALA KRISHNA*, 2 BAYANMOHSIN AL-BATRANI, FATMA SAIF AL-KALBANI
Department of Applied Sciences, Section-Chemistry, Higher College of Technology,
Muscat-Post box no 74, PIN-133, Sultanate of Oman.
doctorgk2627@gmail.com
Received 25 June 2015; accepted 17 July 2015
Abstract
This research paper was carried out to evaluate and detect some qualitative and quantitative parameter for different Baby
milk powder samples. The qualitative parameters like, Protein, Chlorine, Calcium and starch and quantitative parameters
like Moisture, Density, pH, Sugar, K+ and Na+ by FES and concentration of k+ and Na+, Iron by AAS are evaluated.
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Keywords: Qualitative analysis, Quantitative estimation, Baby milk powder.

Introduction: Is a manufactured food designed
and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12
months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-
feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or
without additional water). The U.S. Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) defines infant formula as "a
food which purports to be or is represented for special
dietary use solely as a food for infants by reason of its
simulation of human milk or its suitability as a complete or
partial substitute for human milk"(1).
Uses of Milk: Baby powdered milk is use in the case of
insufficient breast milk or mother infection and taking
medication or in the inability to breastfeed the baby. Also it
use when the mother not in the house so that is
complementary food for mothers milk.(2)
Types of milk:
Industrial milk allocated natural for infants: a variant of
the usual neutral breast feeding when the baby intact.
Species of special therapeutic formula: which is given in
certain medical conditions afflict baby. Are fed infant
allocated for infants from birth industrial milk until the end
of the first year of life and is prepared to start from cow's
milk, where conducted by the most formula closer to breast
milk, and it should be noted varieties intended for infants
formula no disparity with offer of nutrients according to the
World Ingredients.
1. Milk first stage: given in the period extending from
birth until the sixth month of life.
2. Milk Phase II: given in the period, which extends from
the sixth month until the end of the first year of life.
3. Milk Phase III: given from the age of Year. There is a
special milk for low birth weight: given from birth until
the child becomes the weight of to 2.4Kg.(2)
Iodine: Iodine is essential to the production of thyroxin
hormone secreted by the thyroid gland, which regulates the
growth and function of nerves. Increase iodine leads to
overwork the thyroid glands, skin rashes, mouth ulcers and
swelling of the salivary glands.
Iodine deficiency leads to goiter.
The Potassium: Potassium helps the human missals to
stretch and shrink, and enable passing nerves pulses along
nerves system. It is play a significant role in managing
human body pressure and heart pulse. Potassium shortage
in human body causes unbalanced heart pulse, weakness,
lowering blood pressure and skin dryness. In contrast, a
rubbed increases in the potassium may cause missals
weakness and throughout.
Sodium and Chlorine: Both sodium and chlorine helps the
human cells to save the hydrogen power base and to
manage the fluid balance inside and outside them. The
imbalance in any of these two elements may cause an
imbalance in human blood pressure. The shortage in
sodium may cause headache, dryness and arms and legs
missals shrinking.
Iron: Is one of the most important compound metals in the
human body as an adult people have 5 g of it, where 60 %
of are concentrated in the blood and liver. Iron deficiency
leads to anemia, skin dry, pale skin color, ideal and
osteoporosis, while and children it may lead to growth
retardation. Iron increase lead to toxicity and increase the

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Calcium: Calcium important of returning to the basic role it plays in bone formation at early age. Calcium deficiency leads
to osteoporosis and weakness of bones, teeth and muscle” 3”.
Results and Discussion:
Table 1: Qualitative and Quantitative parameters of Baby milk podwe
Baby milk poder
Parameter
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
pH 7.15 6.96 7.05
Moisture (%) 1.50 0.97 0.50
Density (g/ml) 0.12 0.12 0.12
Quantitative Glucose (Brix %) 9.0 5.0 4.0
K+(ppm) 37.0 44.0 19.0
Na+(ppm) 34.0 42.0 17.0
Fe (ppm) 9.20 5.26 8.10
Protein Appearance of Light Appearance of Thick Appearance of very
(Action with HNO3) yellow ppt yellow ppt Light yellow ppt
Chlorine Appearance of cloudy Appearance of white Appearance of white
(Action with AgNO3) ppt PPT PPT
Qualitative
Calcium (Action with
Very Less turbid Less turbid More turbid
Ammonium Oxalate)
Starch
Thick violet Light violet Very light violet
(Action with Iodine)

Figure.1: Physico-chemical parameters of Baby milk powder

Conclusion: Among the qualitative and quantitative
analysis report out of the three samples of milk powder,
sample 2 has more Sodium and potassium levels than other
samples
Acknowledgements: Authors thank to Higher College of
Technology, Muscat and Ministry of man power, Sultanate
of Oman, for providing research facilities to the research
scholar.
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