BREWED MILK It is a game changer for a number of
reasons, “First, you can make it completely independent of the weather. Whether it is New South Wales, or the Middle East, you can make it infinitely available,” he says. “Second, it is healthy for the consumer. Plant-based milk alternatives don’t have any nutritional value. They typically have a very low percentage of protein and don’t have the creaminess,” Pacas explains. “Brewed milk is bio-identical to real dairy. “Also, there are advantages from the health angle. For instance, 90% of people from Asia are lactose intolerant, we can design this to be without lactose, without antibiotics, without cholesterol, and give you the same taste and texture as dairy.”
Fewer resources
Because brewed milk is created in a controlled environment it requires less land and water to produce. “The dairy industry uses 1,000 liters of water to make one liter of milk. It takes 6,000 liters to make one liter of almond milk,” says Fader. “We use 5.7 liters of water to make one liter of milk.”
Below left: Jan Pacas of All G Foods. Below right: Jim fader of Eden Brew. Both companies are leading the way in the brewed milk market
“Plant-based milk alternatives don’t have any nutritional value… Brewed milk is bio-identical to real dairy”
Australian dairy farmers are not all opposed to this milk innovation. A key investor in Eden Brew is the New South Wales dairy cooperative Norco, a farmer- owned dairy cooperative with 326 active members on 199 dairy farms in New South Wales and Queensland, with an annual production of 226 million litres. Fader says: “Norco is keen, as our co- founder and a dairy company, to partner with this because 15% of the population is avoiding dairy at the moment, and that is growing. They see it as an opportunity for Eden Brew to be their non-dairy division.” He expects dairy drinkers to also
enjoy the product, while addressing the environmental and animal welfare questions. He points out the most important impact of brewed milk: “The big opportunity here is around what we will see over the
next 30 years. A huge increase in protein consumption is forecast – predominantly through diet change and predominantly in Asia. The World Resources Institute said anywhere from 50-100% increase in demand for protein over the next 30 years. That’s an increase in demand we’ve never faced before on the planet. You can’t double the dairy, beef or lamb industry. And you certainly can’t double it in 30 years. “We urgently need to find less resource- intensive ways to produce our food,” he says. It is no longer a matter of stealing sales from dairy or plant-based milk. “We’re part owned by the dairy industry,” Fader says. “It shows how the dairy industry is innovating to meet future demand in a sustainable way.” Unsurprisingly, some Australian dairy
farmers don’t see brewed milk as the future. NSW Farmers Dairy committee chair Colin Thompson believes there is a market for plant-based products, but he doesn’t believe synthetic milk would ever replace the real thing. “Nature got it right the first time with milk, the nutritional benefits cannot be replicated,” he says. “Milk comes from an animal, not a laboratory. I think milk will continue to have a future because it’s natural and good for you.” Both Eden Brew and All G Foods aim to have their brewed milk available in 2024.
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