China is not just a land of milk and honey for dairy producers since there are several factors hindering the development of China's dairy market. First, Asian people are genetically predisposed to lactase-deficiency: around 92% of adults suffer from lactose intolerance in China.
China is the third-largest milk producing country, even though most Asians are lactose-intolerant.
Well over 90 percent of the milk you find will be either sour milk (sour on purpose, yes) or ultra-high temperature pasteurized milk that doesn't require refrigeration. The only fresh milk available in China is called Yonsei Milk and is produced at Yonsei University in South Korea.
Only five in 10,000 cows in China can produce 100 tons of milk in their lifetimes, making them a valuable resource for breeding. But some highly productive cows are not identified until the end of their lives, making it difficult to breed them, Jin said.
It is thought that Asian populations have decreased amounts of lactase in adulthood compared to Caucasian populations, especially those of northern European descent.
China, despite a growing interest in milk, is again near the very bottom, just above North Korea and Indonesia, where people basically don't drink milk. One last interesting tidbit is how milk consumption varies by age in a way soda and fruit juice consumption does not.
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An intriguing little detail in all this frothy commerce is that many people in China, like much of Asia, are lactose intolerant. Human children produce an enzyme that allows them to digest milk, but in much of the world, its levels taper off as they grow up.
Dairy products in medieval China included milk (rǔ 乳), yogurt (lào 酪), and butter (sū 酥/蘇), but also an item called tíhú 醍醐, which originally referred to a fermented milk beverage consumed by the nomadic peoples beyond the northwestern frontier during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE), but later was used to refer to ...
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It is acceptable for women to breastfeed their babies in public places such as shopping centers, workplaces, restaurants and on public transportations.
“China is the world's third-largest milk producer, but last year's 34 million tonnes of output only met about 70% of domestic needs. Complicating matters are feed costs at multi-year highs, while land and water are also in short supply, making the country a costly place to produce milk.”
Soy milk remains the market leader by a huge margin because soy products, such as tofu, have traditionally been considered a major part of the Chines diet. Within plant-based milk, in fact, soy drinks have traditionally been the most popular in China due to: the long-standing tradition of soy consumption.
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First, Asian people are genetically predisposed to lactase-deficiency: around 92% of adults suffer from lactose intolerance in China.
Up to 90 percent of South Asians may be lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance, which is due to the inability to digest milk sugars, is a common disorder caused by a deficiency of the lactase enzyme in the digestive system. Lactose intolerance is three times more common in South Asians than in other populations.
Generally, dairy consumption is much lower in Asians, especially in Koreans because dairy foods are not a part of the traditional Korean diet and 75 % of Koreans have lactose intolerance ( 5 , Reference Scrimshaw and Murray 11 ).