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What type of emulsion is milk?

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Nearly 90% of milk is water, but its opaque, white appearance is due to a special colloidal system known as an emulsion. This means milk is an oil-in-water emulsion, a stabilized mixture of two immiscible liquids where fat is the dispersed phase and water is the continuous medium.