http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog A blog about dairy Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let’s face it – kids just love those effervescent drinks so why should milk be left behind in the fuddy-duddy non-fizzy zone? The idea has been around for a few decades, ever since fizzy drinks became so popular with kids all over the world. What changed a few years ago ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2009/09/milk-joins-the-bubbly-drink-parade/ The health pundits just can’t say too much today about probiotics – and for once, nothing they say can quite pay tribute to the immense good these live organisms do for your gut. There’s nothing quite like a good gut feel factor. Today you find probiotics in a wide array ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2009/02/sipping-your-way-to-a-good-gut-feel/ It’s amazing how many vegetarians eat store bought yoghurt without looking at the contents. That’s because the general assumption is that if it is a dairy product, it must be vegetarian. However, the yoghurt you get at the supermarkets have a lot more than milk in them so if you ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/10/is-your-yoghurt-vegetarian/ Transgenesis is the modification of an animal’s genome deliberately to change its DNA characteristics. This would mean that any animal – or for that matter any living creature could incorporate the genes from any other living creature into its genome. Now why would anyone want to do that? To play ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/08/transgenesis-ethical-or-not-is-the-question/ I was reading about the way milk prices had jumped in the last seven years. Did you know that while oil prices have been increasing at 13% in the last seven years, milk has been shooting up at 14%? Considering that the world drinks 1.9 billion liters of milk every ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/07/are-milk-prices-giving-oil-a-run-for-its-money/ Some night when you’re considering ordering Indian take-out, you might want to try your hand at a quickie Indian dessert. This one is a breeze to make and tastes absolutely delicious. Here’s what you need: a tin of sweetened condensed milk, double the quantity of cream, a handful of almonds/cashewnuts/pistas/whatever nuts ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/07/cool-fi/ Have you noticed that everything that you love sooner or later gets into that ‘Don’t eat’ list? What is it about the world that wants to make you give up everything you enjoy? Time was, when I was young – and that was many moons ago – I remember aunts ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/07/but-i-love-my-milk/ If only weight loss were as easy as eating a serving of probiotic yogurt or a drink fortified with it – or a bowl of cottage cheese with probiotics added! Looking at the way probiotic products are selling off the shop shelves, who knows? This might just be the way ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/06/probiotic-paradise/ Should we? Shouldn’t we? Like the whiting said to the snail, will we or won’t we have raw milk flowing from our shop shelves is anyone’s guess. It all boils down to who will bell the cat. The benefits of raw milk versus the health problems that unpasteurized milk could ... http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/06/the-raw-milk-dilemma/ Watch this space for any buzz about milk. http://dairybuzz.com/mooblog/2008/05/hello-world/