Fun Facts About Milk

Happy world milk day! We all love our milk, wether with cereal, as cheese, in our lattes or just plain! Milk is a very versatile ingredient, it can be used to cook, to bake and to drink! Here are fun facts about milk to celebrate!

1. When you add a bit of salt or bicarbonate of soda to a carton as soon as you open it, the milk will remain fresh for over seven days past the expiration date. The active components keep the milk fresh and prevent it from deteriorating. It's also possible to freeze it!
2. India produces the most milk in the world. However, skimmed milk powder is their principal export; they only export just few additional dairy products.
3. A cow produces 28.6 liters of milk per day on average. This equates to around 10456 liters each year.
4. Due to the interaction between casein with formaldehyde, which is found in milk. It is now possible to create a water-insoluble, odorless, biodegradable, and anti-static plastic. It's even practically impossible to set fire to it!
5. Milk hydrates the body really well. If you want to stay hydrated, milk is the way to go. In fact, it will hydrate you 1.5 times better than water.
6. Milk is among the world's most nutritionally dense foods it is one of the most affordable and nutritionally packed meals available today. Protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin, and niacin are among the nine basic nutrients our bodies require. Vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin B12 are also crucial.
7. The mix of water, carbohydrates, and protein in chocolate milk helps rehydrate and refuel muscles after an exercise.
8. Have you have anything spicy to eat? Since of the protein casein, milk is better for cooling your lips than water because it cleanses your taste buds.
9. Lactating cows can drink as much as 200 litres of water daily, almost a bath full. This can almost double in the hotter month
10. Milk is the only food that can sustain you completely. A meat-only diet lacks the necessary Vitamin C, and no one vegetable, legume, or carbohydrate contains all nine essential amino acids that humans require to make proteins. Milk, on the other hand, has every nutrient we require, even as adults.

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