Organic milk.

lilac_lady

Is organic milk free from the blood and pus that a tv programme said was in ordinary milk? It's put me off having milk.

tessie_bear

iv never seen blood in milk...not sure what pus would look like

anniewoo

I worked in a supermarket a few years ago and a colleague who worked on the dairy section told me that ordinary milk sometimes contained pus _pale_ .She said she only ever drank organic milk and so I started doing the same.It only costs a few pence more than ordinary milk anyway.

moonrakerz

anniewoo wrote: »

I worked in a supermarket a few years ago and a colleague who worked on the dairy section told me that ordinary milk sometimes contained pus _pale_ .She said she only ever drank organic milk and so I started doing the same.It only costs a few pence more than ordinary milk anyway.

The only possibility of milk containing "blood and pus" is if the cow was suffering from mastitis or some similar complaint.
However, before the mechanical milking cups are attached to the cow, a check is made to verify that there is nothing visible.
The chances of anything getting into the milk are extremely remote.

The chances of getting something in organic milk are EXACTLY the same as in non-organic.

Kimitatsu

We only drink organic milk because the milk we were getting otherwise was really thin and watery. I think there was a study last year about the levels of soluble vitamins and minerals in particular being higher in organic milk than non organic.

Moonrakerz is right that any cow can have mastitis and so that can get into the food chain but organic herds tend to be smaller and the yields tend to be smaller so you have less chance of that happening. In addition organic farmers undergo more inspections than traditional farmers to maintain their organic status.