Fast Facts: Nov. 19
November 19, 2010
- Studies have shown that milk and other dairy products are better for the bones than calcium supplements.
- It takes more than 20 pounds of milk to produce one pound of butter, but only half as much to make one pound of cheese or ice cream.
- Reduced-fat milk, at 2 percent, contains between one half and two thirds as much fat as whole milk, which is 3.5 percent fat.
- A cow’s udder must be squeezed around 350 times to give one gallon of fresh milk.
- Thanks to genetic improvements and technological advances, today’s cows may provide 10 gallons of milk per day, several times the natural amount.
- Geneticists are attempting to develop cows that will produce milk more easily tolerated by the millions of lactose-intolerant people.
