Food Science News | Food Science News – Food Science Information

milk

03/25/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Levels of health-promoting fatty acids are higher in milk from grass-fed cows

Grass-fed cattle are regarded as healthier than grain-fed, but can the same be said of milk coming from grass-fed cows? That’s a question that numerous researchers from different universities sought to answer. What they found confirmed what grass milk farmers had been telling them for years: Grass-fed cows did indeed produce more nutritious milk. Specifically, […]

02/14/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke with FULL FAT milk: Contrary to expert advice, study finds it is better for your heart

According to a Daily Mail article, Danish scientists recently uncovered surprising evidence that full fat milk might be better at keeping you safe from heart disease and strokes than the highly-touted skimmed milk. The research team based in the University of Copenhagen found that full fat milk actually raises the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the […]

02/07/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Bill Gates is backing a quest to create a genetically modified Super Cow, hoping to produce four times more genetically modified milk

Not content with what nature has provided us, Microsoft founder Bill Gates would like to see a cow that can make more milk than European cows yet be able to withstand heat just as well as African cows. As part of this quest, he is now funding genetic research that aims to create what they […]

01/09/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A student has discovered that feeding cows microalgae increases the omega-3s in cheese

A recent study has proven that feeding cows microalgae can increase the omega-3 fatty acid content of the milk they produce. Bethan Till, a Ph.D. student at Harper Adams University, reports that her project, which involved feeding cows microalgae to increase the omega-3 content of their milk, was successful. The cows that she observed for her […]

1 of 1