Milk is the only beverage in the world that contains such a wide variety of natural nutrients. Most people can’t imagine their life without dairy products. That’s what makes it so unique.
1. Archaeological excavations show that human beings have been consuming milk since the first animals were domesticated, which was more than ten thousand years ago.
2. The most popular dairy product is cow’s milk. Every year, more than 400 million tons of milk is produced in the world.
3. You can make up to one kilogram of cheese from ten liters of milk, and you need to use 21 liters to get just one kilogram of butter.
4. Superheroes also drink milk. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and even the Hulk drink milk. Of course, this is part of an American advertising campaign to convince teens to drink more milk.
5. It has long been proven that goat milk is much closest to human milk and easier to digest. Cow’s milk is digested for about an hour, while goat’s milk for 20 minutes.
6. For better milk production on farms, the cow consumes up to 45 kg of food each day and drinks about 50 liters of water.
7. Each cow produces on average up to 16-17 liters of milk daily, but there are some breeds that can produce up to 20-25 liters. As a result, it turns out that on average a cow gives two hundred thousand glasses of milk throughout its life.
8. The United States is the largest producer of milk, producing over 80 billion liters of milk a year. By comparison, in the UK, annual milk production is up to 14 billion liters.
9. Milk of seals and whales is the fattest (about 50%), while the milk of horses and donkeys have the lowest fat content.
10. The average fat content of cow’s milk is 3.7 grams per 100 grams of milk (3.7%), and of goats about 4.5%. The fat content of the female donkey’s milk is only 1.4%, and that of the dolphin is more than 45%. The fat content of a woman’s breast milk is 3.8%, which almost as a cow’s milk.
11. Despite its creamy texture, milk contains 85 – 95% water, the rest is vitamins (A, D, and B12), minerals (potassium, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium), proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
12. India rarely consumes pure milk. It is usually mixed with spices. For example, with turmeric.
13. Using the latest milking machines, you can milk up to 100 cows per hour, while a manually experienced person can milk only 4-6 cows at the same time.
14. Camel milk is unique. It is not absorbed in people with lactose intolerance, contains much more vitamin C than cow’s milk, but has much less fat and cholesterol. Camel milk is souring much more slowly than cow’s milk.
15. For centuries, before refrigeration, people practice was to drop a frog into a bucket of milk to keep the milk from spoiling.
