A leading dairy chemist says some start-up companies say they are developing animal-free milk but he says they need a reality check.
Dr. John Lucey with the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Research tells Brownfield milk is complex, not merely a few components.
“Their kind of goal is to replicate, if they can, the milk proteins but do it in a lab or from a yeast or a bacteria and then say, well, this is done without the cow – so it’s animal-free or dairy-free.
