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.

Liquid Freight