# Human Breast Milk in Japanese cartons?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-breast-milk-in-japanese-cartons/564342>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [December 16, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-breast-milk-in-japanese-cartons/564342 "2010-12-16T07:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-breast-milk-in-japanese-cartons/564342/1 "2010-12-16T07:46:29Z")

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So, I was trying to find out what the name of that curious flavored Japanese soda I sampled in Atlanta was (I was at the Coca-cola factory), and my google search led me to this rather bizarre page of Japanese drinks:

[link](http://inventorspot.com/articles/ten_bizarre_japanese_soft_drinks_5225)

Scrolling to the bottom of page one brings you to entry #7: Breast milk a-la carton.

Now, I can’t read the carton, and for all I know that could be formula in there. But if it is, in fact, a genuine carton of human breast milk, does that mean there are ladies being milked _en masse_ in some sort of human dairy farm somewhere in the far East? I presume it would be large scale if they actually went through the trouble of putting it in a carton like this, and I can’t seem to imagine any scenario that doesn’t sound preposterous/hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-breast-milk-in-japanese-cartons/564342/2 "2010-12-16T07:56:25Z")

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According to [this page](http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ginbaeyokohama/62257189.html), it’s just a gag. The product doesn’t really exist.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-breast-milk-in-japanese-cartons/564342/3 "2010-12-16T10:49:11Z")

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Next you are going to be telling us that Japan does not really have used schoolgirl-pantie vending machines. ☹