What should be the pH of Buttermilk?

Can anyone tell me what the pH of fresh buttermilk should be?

According to a list compiled by the USFDA

http://www.fda.gov/F...s/ucm094145.htm
Table 3-3. pH ranges of some common foods ; pH ranges of buttermilk = 4.5
http://www.fda.gov/F...k/ucm122561.htm
pH Values of Various Foods ; buttermilk = 4.5
http://www.foodscien...odslacf-phs.pdf
the pH of buttermilk ranges from 4.41 - 4.83.

Hope this could help you

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naamfon

Can anyone tell me what the pH of fresh buttermilk should be?

Dear Kevinar,

IMO fresh butter milk(sweet cream butter milk) should have a pH of between 6.6-6.8 just like fresh whole milk or skim milk. If the contemporary cultured butter milk then the pH should be lower( below 4.6). I do agree with the following publication:
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/16428621


ie there is a great difference between the sweet cream butter milk and the conventional butter milk which is normally sour.
Kindly note the difference.

Agwanda