Skim Milk Cows!

[Tuckerfan]

I’ve never seen a purple cow, but, apparently, Kiwi’s have ones that give low fat milk!

In a few years, skim milk may come straight from the cow, it was reported this week.

Skim milk is usually produced by taking all of the fat out of regular milk, but in 2001, researchers found a cow that skipped that step. While screening a herd of cows, they found one with a natural gene mutation that makes her produce lower-fat milk than a normal cow.

Marge, as researchers later named her, makes milk that has 1 percent fat (as compared to 3.5 percent in whole milk) and is high in omega-3 fatty acids. And remarkably, Marge’s low-fat milk still has the same delicious taste as conventionally produced low-fat milk, according to the report in Chemistry & Industry magazine.

[DMark]

All we need now is a chicken that lays eggs without cholesterol, and a pig with no fat, and we’ve got breakfast!

[Aspidistra]

You know, I find the idea of breeding cows whose calves would probably (without human intervention) starve to death on their mother’s milk … kinda creepy.

Mind you, I can’t stand skim milk anyway (“same delicious taste as conventionally produced low-fat milk” my arse) so what do I know?

[Harmonious_Discord]

It’s a step backwards. You remove butter fat, to make other products and have 2%, 1%, or skim milk to sell. The higher the solids the better for making cheese, why would you want less for an animal producing food?

[Hello_Again]

Yeah, that seems strange. I thought the fat was worth more per pound than the milk. Heavy cream costs a fortune and its sold per 1/2 pint! Breeds of cows are usually bred for higher fat content (I think Jersey’s?).

[CaerieD]

@Aspidistra

You know, I find the idea of breeding cows whose calves would probably (without human intervention) starve to death on their mother’s milk … kinda creepy.

Mind you, I can’t stand skim milk anyway (“same delicious taste as conventionally produced low-fat milk” my arse) so what do I know?

[Bolding mine]

Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was thinking, too. “Delicious taste” what? You mean “chalky white water” flavor?

[Jayn_Newell]

@CaerieD

“Delicious taste” what? You mean “chalky white water” flavor?

Ditto. Now, if they had a cow that produced 2% milk…