What Are Some Fun Facts About Milk?

You will learn that there is so much more to milk than a white substance in your glass.

• Milk comes in an array of types: skim, 1%, 2%, and whole milk.
• Whole milk and skim milk taste significantly different.
• Milk provides calcium for the body, which helps to keep the teeth and bones strong.
• It is difficult to know for sure, but historians believe that milk was part of the diet starting about 10,000 years ago.
• Animals were first domesticated around 10,000 years ago, so this would make sense.
• Milk as a drink probably first appeared in Afghanistan and Turkey.
• Around the 1800s, cows were producing large quantities of milk for market in the United States of America.
• During the 20th century, new technologies came into play which made milk safer to drink.
• Cows are all female. Therefore, when you are drinking milk, it always comes from a female and you will never have a male cow. Male "cows" are called bulls.
• Dairy cows provide over 90% of the world's milk supply.
• Milk can come from a goat as well.
• Goat's milk is often more expensive.
• You could drink milk that comes from a coconut too.
• Ten pounds of milk are needed for a pound of cheese.
• 21 pounds of milk are needed for a pound of butter.
• 12 pounds of milk are needed for a gallon of ice cream.
• In some places in the United States, milk is more expensive than gasoline.
• 85 to 95% of milk is water. That is hard to believe, isn't it? Especially in cases of whole milk since it often tastes so creamy.
• 345 squirts of a cow's utters are needed to produce one gallon of milk.
• 25 to 50 pounds of milk is contained in a single utter.
• In a cow's lifetime, she will produce enough milk for about 200,000 glasses.
• No other drink in the world has as many nutrients as milk.
• Remember those good old fashioned glass bottles? They stopped being delivered in them in 1964 when plastic containers hit the scene.
• A dairy farmer today milks an average of over 100 cows per day.
• In 1942, milk started to be delivered to peoples' homes.
• Goat milk has more butterfat than cow milk.
• Feta, caprino, gevrik, and other cheeses are made from goat's milk.
• Camels also produce milk.
• People who are lactose intolerant are often able to handle camels milk.
• Drinking a glass of milk a day is good for the body because it provides so many nutrients.
• Milk has carbohydrates, fat, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
• Milk has a lot of vitamins.
• Drinking milk is directly related to healthy bones.
• Milk helps to prevent against tooth decay. Part of the reason is because calcium makes for strong teeth.
• Some milk is also calcium enriched.
• Some milk is unpasteurized. Most milk is not, especially milk that is on the market. However, if you come across some unpasteurized milk, you should not drink it. Doing so could cause some serious bacterial infections.