20 Facts About Milk

Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals.

Milk is processed into a variety of products such as cream, butter, yogurt, kefir, ice cream, and cheese.

Milk consumption became common in these regions comparatively recently, as a consequence of European colonialism and political domination over much of the world in the last 500 years.

Milk developed this method while on summer vacation in Arbois, to remedy the frequent acidity of the local wines.

Milk is an emulsion or colloid of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid that contains dissolved carbohydrates and protein aggregates with minerals.

Milk contains dozens of other types of proteins beside caseins and including enzymes.

Milk contains several different carbohydrate including lactose, glucose, galactose, and other oligosaccharides.

Milk often is homogenized, a treatment that prevents a cream layer from separating out of the milk.

Milk that has undergone high-pressure homogenization, sometimes labeled as "ultra-homogenized", has a longer shelf life than milk that has undergone ordinary homogenization at lower pressures.

Milk preserved by the UHT process does not need to be refrigerated before opening and has a much longer shelf life than milk in ordinary packaging.

Milk produced via these methods has a lower sugar content than regular milk.

Milk often has flavoring added to it for better taste or as a means of improving sales.

Milk has been a staple food, especially among the pastoral tribes in this country.

Milk comes in a variety of containers with local variants:.

Milk so treated can be stored unrefrigerated for several months until opened but has a characteristic "cooked" taste.

Milk is used to make yogurt, cheese, ice milk, pudding, hot chocolate and french toast, among many other products.

Milk is often added to dry breakfast cereal, porridge and granola.

Milk toast appeared in Disney's Follow Me Boys as an undesirable breakfast for the aging main character Lem Siddons.

Milk has been used for centuries as a hair and skin treatment.

Milk bath is a bath taken in milk rather than just water.