Did you notice, like I did, that milk seems to be a tad more
diluted these days? My favourite brand of Skim Choc Milk does
seem to become more and more watery, compared to its creamier
texture when I first bought the milk about two years ago. (I'm
lactose-intolerant, btw, but I seem to have slowly re-conditioned
my body to accept skim chocolate milk and other dairy-based
products without suffering for it later! 
)
Here's why our milk seems to be more diluted and watered down
:
The Secret
Ingredient in Milk We Don't Know About
As a child we were told to always drink lots of milk to make
sure our bodies would grow tall and strong.
But little did we know that much of the milk on our supermarket
shelves have been modified with a secret ingredient the milk
industry doesn't want us to know about.
The mystery substance the major companies are adding is called
permeate.
The cheaper substance can make up as much as 12 percent of milk
depending on the brand.
So what exactly is permeate?
"It's a by-product that's made during the manufacture of dairy
products. They actually make skim milk out of it," farmer Paul Weir
said.
"But what the major companies are doing is adding this stuff
back into full cream milk. The effect is to dilute the milk and
make more of it. And you and I have no idea if we're drinking
it."
So which two companies admit to using
permeate?
National Foods- which make Pura Milk and
Dairy Farmers.
Both companies also make the generic brand milk for both
supermarket chains.
Milk from the farm costs processors about 50 cents a litre,
while permeate costs only half that amount - just 18 cents a
litre.
Head to this website, where the article was extracted from, and
watch the video. Unfortunately, you have to tolerate a short
advertisement before being allowed to view the clip.
The Secret
Ingredient in Milk We Don't Know About
How unscrupulous can the big corporations get? How low can
they stoop to just for profits? 
I can't believe that it's not even listed in
the food labels!
