Polish scientists have run tests to discover whether milk from horses would be good for making ice cream. They found that the ice cream had the right kind of texture and appearance, as well as being half as fatty as cow's milk ice cream. The experiment was motivated by the “growing interest” in using mare’s milk to make food.
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In response to this study, journalists from several newspapers have
gone out to determine whether horse’s milk ice cream tastes any
good. They visited the UK’s only horse milk farmer, Frank Shellard,
to obtain some milk. They then either turned it into ice cream
themselves or asked an ice cream company to do it. Journalists have
discussed the potential ick factor people might feel about it. They
have also explored the milk’s purported health benefits — Shellard
claims a glass a day has cut his cholesterol by half.
But not one article has stopped to ask whether we should even be
looking for new animals to bring into the dairy farming industry.
The wrong kind of diversity
Why would anyone need to drink mare’s milk? The Polish study
explains that people are becoming more health-conscious and are
looking for foods with high nutritional content. Horse’s milk could
fill that role, the study suggests. But why look for yet another
animal to exploit for this purpose when we could be using plant
foods we already have? Fortified soy milk, for example, is
considered to be a healthy alternative to dairy. It’s comparable to
cow’s milk for protein content while being low in saturated fat and
containing no cholesterol.
Several companies are also developing new alternatives using
plant-based ingredients. One New Zealand company is working on
“functional” legume-based dairy alternatives that could replace
dairy in food manufacturing. Another based in Sweden is using
fermentation to make cheese from legumes that is similar to dairy
cheese in texture.
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