JUNE is National dairy Month, Becker Transport & Aggregate takes a moment to Salute and THANK our Dairy Farmers, especially locally! We appreciate the hard work our area Dairy family’s dedicate to providing us with the Dairy products we all enjoy each and every day! Thank You!
Milk is jam-packed with nutrients and is one of nature’s most nutrient-rich foods!
One glass of milk gives you 30% of your daily calcium – a nutrient that growing kids need to form healthy teeth and bones. To get the same amount of calcium that’s in one cup of milk you would need to eat 12 servings of whole grains, 10 cups of raw spinach or 6 servings of legumes!
Milk is an excellent source of vitamins A, B12 and D. These vitamins are essential for healthy eye-sight, nerves, blood and also helps with digestion.
Milk can be grouped into five different types: fresh, concentrated, long-life, raw and powder.
Any bad bacteria are removed from milk when it’s pasteurised. Pasteurization is the process of heating up milk and then quickly cooling it down killing any bugs. Raw milk is not pasteurised, but the other types of milk are.
Most milk is also homogenised which means that it has been treated so that the milk fats are spread evenly through the liquid and stops them rising to the top of the bottle.
Milk powder is created when the water is taken out of the milk, a process called evaporation.
Some interesting dairy fun facts!
Fresh milk can last up to 10 days in the fridge. Long-life milk can last up to six months in a cupboard if unopened. And a sealed packet of milk powder can last up to one year!
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