Any time I travel the interstate highway, or any highway for that matter, I’m fascinated…
Moving Milk Forward from Farm to Dairy
Moving Milk Forward from Farm to Dairy
In 2019 farmers in the United States produced 218 billion pounds of milk. This milk came from 64,000 dairy farms. Over 60% of these farms have less than 25 cows.
Farmers are indeed the backbone of our nation’s dairy supply. Milk or milk proteins can be found in the following products.
Butter and butter fat
Buttermilk
Powdered milk
Evaporated milk
Cheese, including cottage cheese and cheese sauces
Cream, including sour cream
Custard
Yogurt
Ice cream
Pudding
Au gratin dishes and white sauces
Baked goods — bread, cookies, crackers, cakes
Battered and fried foods
Cake mix
Cereals
Chewing gum
Chocolate and cream candy
Coffee creamers
Creamed or scalloped foods
Donuts
Granola bars
Gravies
Indian food, in which ghee (a form of butter) is very common
Malted milk
Margarine
Mashed potatoes
Meats — canned and processed, including cold cuts and deli meats
Nougat, found in some candy
Salad dressings
Sherbet
Artificial butter or cheese flavor
Casein or caseinates
Diacetyl
Curd
Ghee
Hydrolysates
Lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
Lactose, lactoglobulin, lactoferrin, lactulose
Protein powders
Recaldent
Rennet
Tagatose
Whey or whey products
The next time you’re going down the road and you see a milk tanker truck, know that the product in the tank is going to supply our nation’s food manufacturers with a key ingredient.
Moving Food Forward, one tanker at a time.
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