Dairy Fun Facts and Trivia
Milk is defined as the lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more mammalian animals. Although in other parts of the world a variety of animals are used as sources for milk, in the United States almost all commercially available milk comes from cows. Milk is valued because it is an important source of many of the nutrients essential for the proper development and maintenance of the human body.
Facts and Trivia
1. The average cow produces enough milk each day to fill six one-gallon jugs, about 55 pounds of milk.2. It takes more than 21 pounds of whole milk to make one pound of butter.
3. The fastest growing variety of cheese produced in the U.S. is Hispanic-style soft cheese.
4. All 50 states in the United States have dairy farms.
5. The natural yellow color of butter comes mainly from the beta-carotene found in the grass cows eat.
6. A typical dairy cow weighs 1400 pounds and consumes about 50 pounds of dry matter each day.
7. Cheddar cheese is the most popular natural cheese in the U.S.
8. It takes 12 pounds of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream.
9. The average cow drinks from 30-50 gallons of water each day - about a bathtub’s worth.
10. Large ice cream producing states include California, Indiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Minnesota.
11. Super Bowl Sunday rates as the number one day for pizza consumption.
12. Cows have an acute sense of smell, and can smell something up to six miles away.
13. It takes more cows to produce milk annually for Pizza Hut cheese (about 170,000) than there are people living in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
14. The average buyer purchases cheese 15 times at retail each year.
15. McDonald’s uses approximately four million gallons of low-fat vanilla yogurt each year in its Fruit ‘n’ Yogurt Parfait.
16. Vanilla is America’s favorite ice cream flavor.
17. Tank trucks for transporting fluid mild were first introduced in 1914.
18. Each person in America eats an average of 46 slices of pizza a year.
19. More ice cream is sold on Sunday than on any other day of the week.
20. More than 1000 new dairy products are introduced every year.
21. A cow has four stomachs and 32 teeth.
22. About 300 varieties of cheese are sold in the U.S.
23. 1 pound of cheese = 10 pounds of milk
24. 1 gallon of ice cream = 12 pounds of milk
25. 1 pound of butter = 21.1 pounds of milk
26. 1 gallon of milk = approximately 345 squirts
27. It takes 340 squirts to fill a milk pail
28. Americans eat the equivalent of 10 acres of pizza every day!
29. Americans eat an average of 29 pounds of cheese every year-over a lifetime that’s more than a ton of cheese
30. The milk bottle was invented in 1884. Plastic milk containers were introduced in 1964.
31. Cows have an acute sense of smell - they can smell something up to 6 miles away!
32. These cows are very healthy! They make milk out of the feed they eat, therefore there is not a lot of fat on there body making their confirmation more obvious
33. Cows chew at least 50 times per minute.
34. Cows eat over 90 pounds of food each day. Hay, corn silage, corn, cottonseed, grass .
35. Cows drink over 35 gallons of water every day, in the summer time that is sometimes doubled! .
36. Milk is cooled down to below 40 F right on the farm .
37. Average U.S. cow produces 53 pounds of milk= 6.2 gallons.
38. Cows can detect smell up to six miles away .
39. Cows can go up stairs, but not down stairs .
40. The milk bottle was invented in 1884. Plastic milk containers were introduced 1964.
41. Everyone needs at least 3 servings a day .
42. 1 serving = 8 ounces .
43. Dairy products naturally contain calcium, this is why they are the best way to get calcium to our body.
44. Dairy products are among the most tested and regulated products in this country
45. Milk is approximately 97% water.
46. The month of July has been designated as national ice cream month.
47. Limburger cheese is known for its strong aroma.
48. The first commercial cheese factory in the United States is New York.
49. George Washington was the first president to serve ice cream.
50. Icecream is the most popular dessert in the U.S.
