摘要：A stirred fluidized bed has been used with the aim of crystallizing skim milk powder from spray drying without caking the powders. The skim milk powder was crystallized in a stirred fluidized bed, then a sorption box was used to characterize the stability and a standard flow tester for dairy powders was used to measure the flowability. The results showed that the samples from the fluidized bed did not adsorb as much water as the original samples, suggesting that the samples from the fluidized bed were more stable than the original samples. The results of the flowability tests showed that the samples from the stirred fluidized beds were significantly more free flowing than either the caked samples from the sorption box or the original samples. This preliminary study indicates that fluidized-bed processing is a promising method for crystallizing some dairy powders.
