Plastic, yes or no?
Take home message How much more time are we taking? It is a well-known phenomenon: our society ‘solves its problems’ by taking a switch to the future. Or in other words, we are shifting the problem ahead of us to …
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Plastic particles in food
Take home message Persistent plastic microparticles Researchers at the VU-Amsterdam, connected through the “Plastic Soup Foundation” have looked at, where plastic is found in our food. In a pilot, samples were taken from meat, milk, roughage and concentrates. They looked …
The taste of milk differs
Take home message German milk tested In February 2023, Germany’s Ökotest on milk published pasteurised milk in two forms, traditionally pasteurised (TP) and pasteurised plus mikrofiltration (MF). The difference between the two manifests itself in the shelf life of the …
It may cost something
A new concept is emerging, a new awareness about the actual price and the invisible costs for the future and generations after us on earth. German TV featured a contribution on this topic in relation to our food consumption (Planet …
Dance with the beast
There was another wonderful, informative broadcast on Arte-TV (German/French). This time about the phenomenon of mega-forest fires. They are devastating and ultimately threaten the survival of humans and animals on earth. The reason is, there is a flywheel, the impact …
Yak in Asia
Take home message The habitat of the Yak In northern India, Butan and China (including Himalayas, Ladakh and Highlands of Tibet), nomads live up to high altitudes. They can only survive at this altitude (3000 to 5400 m) because of their Yak (Bos grunniens). Yak are larger ruminants, domesticated by humans like the cow (Auerochs). Yak selection started in India about 7,500 years ago, and there too, like in French Lascaux, one finds petroglyphs depicting …
Image grass-fed milk
Take home message What is the deal with grass-fed milk? There are two aspects: the image of the sector and the health aspects for the cow (being outside, building vitamin D, grazing fresh grass) and for the consumer health due …
Linear or exponential?
Take home message An explosion of bacteria or viruses is due to their exponential growth. Since the start-up phase is poorly perceived or underestimated by people, actions often lag behind the bacterial growth risks , and may result in consumers …
Grass based milk and Vitamin D3
Take home message Milk markers of grass-based systems, grazing and grass intake in cows are CLAc9t11 concentration, a low ratio of n6/n3 (around 1), a high vitamin D3 and phytanic acid concentration in milk fat and a low ratio of …
Heating milk (part 2): shop milk
Take home message Shop milk is either pasteurized or UHT treated. In a study on the effects of heating, various indicators were assessed, such as functional enzyme concentrations, concentrations of different milk proteins, and various vitamins. Particularly in the whey …
