Milk industry

Milk-drinkers are learning more about where their dairy really comes from, and the food-quality practices that are used manufacturing it.

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Schools account for about eight percent of all milk sales, and the dairy industry uses money and lobbying power to convince us that milk is essential for kids.

Even though the dairy industry may not like it, labeling the juice from almonds and soy beans 'milk' follows centuries of history

The manufacture of fluid milk and other dairy products begins with raw milk from the dairy farm. First, the milk is tested for bacteria and its content analyzed. Milk that meets quality standards is sent through a separator, which separates the butterfat, or cream, from the rest of the milk, or skim. A standardizer recombines the cream and skim milk in the precise amounts necessary to achieve the desired fat content. A pasteurizer treats the milk with heat to kill bacteria, and a homogenizer…

Fresh milk used to be shelf stable for 13 days. New science is quadrupling that life span.

Drinking cows' milk after exercise instead of flashy-looking sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade is a better way to rehydrate the body, a Griffith University study shows.

From doorstep to the dairy aisle and back again

Contrary to popular belief, they don't mean that all but 1 percent or 2 percent of the fat has been removed.