South Africa reports that Oat and soy drinks are planet-friendly, but not as nutritious as cow's milk

Published 2022년 10월 27일

Tridge summary

The article highlights the environmental impact of cow's milk production, requiring significant land and water usage, and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. It contrasts this with the lower environmental footprint of plant-based 'milks', although these often do not match the nutritional profile of milk. The article also discusses the potential of plant-based beverages to be improved to better deliver nutrients, with soy milk currently the closest competitor to milk in protein content. The article also mentions the fortification of plant-based beverages with vitamin D and calcium to improve their nutritional value and compete with dairy products.
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Original content

About 9 square meters of land and about 630 liters of water are needed to produce one liter of cow's milk. This is the area of three larger beds and the volume of 10.5 beer barrels. During the production of one liter of milk, approximately 3.2 kilograms of greenhouse gases are produced. Due to the global popularity of milk, these costs are enormous. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2015 the dairy sector produced 1.7 billion tons of greenhouse gases (article), which is roughly 3 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. According to a 2018 report in the journal Science, the production of plant-based "milks" produces about a third of the greenhouse gases and uses far less land and water than the production of dairy products. (article) In order to avoid misleading consumers, the term "vegetable milk" may not be used in trade, and it may not be called vegetable milk, e.g. Neither do oat, rice or soy-based drinks. That's why we ...

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