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Protein is one of the most significant nutrient components in milk products. The accurate and precise determination of protein not only plays a role in the characterization of nutritional or dietary value of milk products but is also the key to determining the economic value of these materials. Protein in milk products is most commonly calculated using the measured total nitrogen content in the sample and a multiplier or conversion factor (typically 6.38). Nitrogen determination is performed using either the classical wet chemical method (Kjeldahl), or a combustion method (Dumas).

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The protein content in food and feeds is one of the parameters that are commonly analysed within most routine control samples in a food laboratory. Generally, the two most used reference methods/technologies are the wet chemistry method after Kjeldahl and the combustion method after Dumas.