# Have you ever tried human breast milk? How did it taste? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934 "2003-05-08T18:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/1 "2003-05-08T18:00:12Z")
And what was the texture? Was it anything like cow’s milk? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/2 "2003-05-08T18:08:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you ever tried human breast milk? Yes. > [@](#): > > How did it taste? And what was the texture? Was it anything like cow’s milk? I honestly don’t recall. I was very very young at the time, and I’ve long since forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/3 "2003-05-08T18:10:35Z")
Yes, and it’s sweet, not at all like cow’s milk. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/4 "2003-05-08T18:14:30Z")
> [@](#): > > And what was the texture? Kinda like a nipple. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/5 "2003-05-08T18:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > How did it taste? Tasted like chicken milk to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/6 "2003-05-08T18:46:19Z")
Okaaay, allow me to clarify for all the smart alecks on the Board: Have you tried it as an _adult_? ---
**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/7 "2003-05-08T18:48:47Z")
Yes (no, you don’t get details on how/why 😛 ); it’s much thinner than cow’s milk, and very sweet tasting. I can’t tell much about the texture, because I wasn’t exactly drinking a glass of the stuff, but it seemed fairly smooth and non-chalky. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/8 "2003-05-08T19:15:38Z")
It leaves a very nice mustache. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/9 "2003-05-08T19:17:28Z")
Sounds like human’s milk would go better in an omelette than cow’s milk, but it would probably take a woman’s entire lifetime supply of eggs to make just one. ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/10 "2003-05-08T19:34:20Z")
I’m guessing the Pope wouldn’t order that kind of omelette. Probably wouldn’t even have a glass of that kind of milk, either, the old fuddy-duddy. I’ve _tried_ to drink the milk. It just doesn’t come out when it doesn’t want to, though, no matter how hard you suck. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/11 "2003-05-08T19:39:20Z")
It’s thinner and sweeter than cow’s milk. There are some firsthand reports in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124487). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/12 "2003-05-08T19:40:53Z")
Last time I got cookie crumbs everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![rhinostylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/13 "2003-05-08T19:41:10Z")
I’ve been told that it is insanely sweet, as mentioned before. Mmmmm mmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/14 "2003-05-08T19:44:58Z")
Once on the TV show “Friends” a person described the taste as being like canteloope juice. I’d concur. Sweet. However, I’ve never taken a big swig so I can’t speak to the texture. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/15 "2003-05-08T20:02:51Z")
Mmmmm… speaking to the texture. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/16 "2003-05-08T20:23:52Z")
I’m nursing a 9 month old right now and have had occasion to try a sip of my own milk (to see if it was spoiled). It is very sweet, and rich and smooth. If you leave it to sit the fat rises to the top very quickly, much faster than it would in a glass of whole cow’s milk. Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/17 "2003-05-08T20:53:09Z")
Is it colored white? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/18 "2003-05-08T21:07:13Z")
That’s because it’s not homgenized, Twiddle, like cow’s milk that’s distributed for resale is. The foremilk, or the first milk to be expressed, is thin. The hind milk is much richer, however, almost like heavy whipping cream. Refrigerated breast milk will, like Twiddle described, will have a layer on top so thick it’s akin to clotted cream. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/19 "2003-05-08T21:29:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*Is it colored white? \*\* Depends. In the early weeks after giving birth, it is often more yellowish than white. Then, as time goen on and the baby grows, the percent of fat changes in the milk. As JuanitaTech and twiddle have described, it separates, so the bottom layer is generally bluish, like skim (cow’s) milk, while the hindmilk is, well, cream-colored. And, yes, I have tasted it. It is sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934/20 "2003-05-08T21:31:15Z")
OK, I just want to know if it is wrong of me to wonder where I can get some to put in my morning coffee. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-human-breast-milk-how-did-it-taste/173934.md?page=2)