food & health

 Why is Milk white?

Milk is one of the important factors for growth for the health of children and adults. Maybe this is not important, but why the color white milk?
Today many are found dairy products sold in the form of packaging. There are flavors of strawberry, chocolate, etc..

But we know that the original color is white milk. If a pink strawberry flavored milk or milk chocolate brown, of course, was due to a dye that has been mixed into it to support the sense of the milk. It would be strange if a pink or milk chocolate, milk chocolate-colored strawberry flavor.


But why is milk white?

If you ever tried to milk directly from dairy cows, you'll get fresh milk, which is white.

Content of milk consists of 87% water and 13% solids such as proteins, fats, etc.. The protein contained in milk is called 'Casein' (todayifoundout.com).
Back to physics. A circle with a variety of color composition, if played at a certain speed that appeared only in white. Other colors: red, blue, green, etc., does not appear, as if our eyes are deceived by the light spectrum earlier.

Casein proteins in milk have the same function. This protein has turned all colors contained in the milk evenly so that the invisible visible white milk.

Now depending on the species and races of cattle, goats or other animals producing milk.

Sometimes it looks yellowish white milk, which is caused by a fairly large Carotene content in it. Dairy farm milking cows in Jersey and Guernsey area, American, yellowish white.

There is also a milk look greenish white. This is caused by substances substantial riboflavin.

But honestly, I do not know for sure what the color of milk (breast milk), I've forgotten because as a child I did not pay much attention to detail it. Clearly, in Britain there is ice cream made from milk that was nicknamed 'baby gaga', although it is still a contradiction.