# Does filtered milk contain iodine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-filtered-milk-contain-iodine/824529 "2018-11-14T23:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-filtered-milk-contain-iodine/824529/21 "2018-11-17T20:47:56Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Here’s a pubmed article from 2017 on the topic of iodine levels in milk: > [Iodine in dairy milk: Sources, concentrations and importance to human health - PubMed](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29221567) Ah. (sound of penny dropping). Tasmania.Aus has low levels of iodine in the human diet. It also (post iodine dipping) has low levels of iodine in milk. That suggests that perhaps the cows also have low levels of iodine in their diet. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-filtered-milk-contain-iodine/824529/22 "2018-11-18T00:21:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I have nothing constructive to add, although I’m curious to see if there’s an answer. I’m also curious WHY anyone would “ultra filter” milk or drink milk that’s been processed like that. I thought milk treated with lactase to break down the lactose, such as “Lactaid” was the standard work-around for lactose-intolerant dairy-lovers. Just because it’s standard doesn’t mean that there aren’t other techniques. Fairlife is a product from Coke, part of its developing new markets for those against sugar and soda. It’s big marketing gimmick is that it’s customized milk, milk that’s “healthier.” That seems to be successful for it. [I wrote about it](http://planetlactose.blogspot.com/2014/12/cokes-new-milk-is-lactose-free.html) back when it was first introduced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-filtered-milk-contain-iodine/824529.md?page=1)