Other Milk Facts
- In 2003, over 51% of North Americans with non-European ancestry were lactose intolerant. For East Asians the level of lactose intolerance was 90-100%.
- One taco has more calcium than one cup of low fat milk, according to a 2005 United States Department of Agriculture report, although milk has twice the calcium of a cheeseburger.
- According to the California Farm Bureau Federation, it takes 48.3 gallons of water to produce one eight ounce glass of milk. This water usage includes not just the water that the cow drinks but also the water it takes to grow the cow's food and the water it takes to process the milk.
- People around the world consume the milk of goats, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, horses, sheep, camels, and yaks.
- The Old Testament of the Bible makes about fifty references to milk and milk products and refers to the holy land as a "land which floweth with milk and honey."
- A single dairy cow can annually emit almost 20 pounds of smog-forming gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - more than a car or small truck.
- As of 2004, the retail sale of raw cow's milk for human consumption was illegal in 42 states. Eight states - AZ, CA, CT, ME, NM, PA, SC, and WA - allow retail sales of raw cow's milk in stores.
- On Jan. 8, 2008 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that milk from cloned cows was safe for human consumption.