Condensed milk is cow's milk from which water has been removed. It is most often found in the form of sweetened condensed milk, with sugar added, and the two terms 'condensed milk' and 'sweetened condensed milk' are often used synonymously today. Sweetened condensed milk is a very thick, sweet product which when canned can last for years without refrigeration if unopened. Though there have been unsweetened condensed milk products, they spoiled far more easily and are uncommon nowadays. Condensed milk is used in numerous dessert dishes in many countries, including the United States, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Lebanon, and Russia, where it is known as "сгущёнка" (sguschyonka, literally " thickened").
A related product is evaporated milk, which has undergone a more complex process and which is not sweetened. Local tastes in most countries prefer one or the other. In Germany unsweetened evaporated milk is far more common than sweetened condensed milk. In Peru and the US both are equally common.
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