The purpose of homogenization is to reduce the milk fat globules size to less than 1.0 µm which allows them to stay evenly distributed in milk. Homogenization is a high pressure process that forces milk at a high velocity through a small orifice to break up the globules. The result of homogenization is the creation of many more fat globules of a smaller size. The native milk fat globules are covered in a protein membrane that stabilizes the fat phase in the aqueous (water) phase of milk. Although the milk fat globule membrane is disrupted during the homogenization process, it spontaneously migrates back to the fat globules after homogenization. The new globules created during homogenization are spontaneously coated by proteins in the skim phase from the original milk fat globules.