In Bavaria, the Kompetenzzentrum für Ernährung (KErn) has published a series of articles in German on the pros and cons of milk consumption. In addition to animal welfare, the articles also discuss milk alternatives, health and raw milk. KErn has …
…however, rich in different genetic strains. Research into a tradtional starter culture for Gouda cheese, which was maintained through daily back-slopping, showed that only two bacterial species are present, namely Lactococcus lactis and Leuconostoc mesenteroides (Erkus et al., 2013). This …
Forest soil is hot, but why? The Netherlands is going to copy Finland. Finland is already doing it, sending children into the forest. Dutch researchers would like to see children come into more contact with the soil (earth), to train …
In the early 20th century, i.e. around 1900, doctors were convinced that raw milk was important for growing children. The discussion was nipped in the bud by the negatives of raw milk, starting with TB. And rightly so, much milk was unsafe …
Take home message No stainless steel Today, everything around milk and milk processing is stainless steel (INOX). The cheese vat in which the milk is processed is stainless steel, the milk pipelines through which the milk is pumped and even …
Take home message Whey, as a cheese by-product, was a waste product, which was returned to the farm for calves, or in mixed farms was fed to pigs. In cheese-making, the milk curdles, and the cheese casein clumps together to …
Side effect of climate change, the consumption of our earth’s resources, as well as the side effects of intensive livestock farming, is that attention is turning to a ‘holistic consciousness’. Let us hope for time. Thinking in (larger) contexts instead …
The newspaper The Gardian reported the increase in the use of colostrum (= colostrum milk) as a supplement and the consumption of raw milk in early December 2024. They stated, ‘Raw milk has received a lot of attention this year, …
Take home message Food allergy Food allergy, including milk allergy is based on an immune system, which does not respond properly, and milk is not recognised as food. Instead of a food protein, the immune system only ‘sees’ antigens, bits …
How do you find a needle in a haystack? Currently, effort and money are being invested by the Dutch government to take another step in food safety. Raw milk sale will be released on 1 January 2025, but that comes …
