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Category Archives: A1 and A2 milk
Food-derived opioids are a medical frontier
In late 2020, I was invited to write a paper on food derived-opioids for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, with a focus including effects on microbiota. Eight months later and the paper has been written, then … Continue reading
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A2 moves from a brand to a category
Many more A2 milk and A2 infant formula brands are now emerging across the globe but market leader The a2 milk Company is struggling A notable change has been occurring recently with A2 milk products now available from multiple manufacturers. … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, Dairy, Uncategorized
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Farewell to Sir Bob Elliott
When I wrote the book ‘Devil in the Milk’ back in 2007, I introduced Bob Elliott in the first paragraph. Bob was the Auckland paediatrician who first identified A1 beta-casein from milk as a big risk factor for Type 1 … Continue reading
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Big win for Fonterra from latest DIRA amendments
New DIRA settings give Fonterra what it wanted but make life much more challenging for any new dairy processors. Fonterra will be feeling very pleased with the final outcomes from the much drawn-out 2018-2020 review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, Dairy, Fonterra
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A1 milk predisposes to asthma and lung inflammation
New findings published by Nature Research, demonstrating how A1 milk predisposes for asthma and lung inflammation, should bring the A1 milk issue back into focus for both consumers and farmers Until May 15 of this year, there had been a … Continue reading
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New A2 milk research provides digestive and cognitive evidence in young children
A new paper relating to A2 milk has been published this month in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN). The paper provides strong evidence from a clinical trial with pre-school children in China that A1 beta-casein relative to … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, China, Dairy, Uncategorized
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Fonterra’s strategic reset interacts with new Board dynamics.
Fonterra’s December update shows that the strategic reset is under way, albeit at an early stage. Key indicators include that the Beingmate JV is being unwound and that Fonterra’s China Farms are under heightened scrutiny. The big shock is that … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, China, Fonterra
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It’s different in Russia
This last week I have been working in Russia on issues of A1 and A2 beta-casein. I am still there, but today is Sunday and together with my wife Annette, I am on a fast train from Moscow to St … Continue reading
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A2 becomes a global dairy disruptor
A2 dairy products are now mainstreaming on a global platform. In marketing parlance, A2 is becoming an industry disruptor. A2 dairy products are characterised by being free of A1 beta-casein. Instead, all of the beta-casein is of the A2 type. … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, Agribusiness, China, Dairy, Fonterra, Synlait
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A smorgasbord of agricultural issues
[For the last three years I have been writing fortnightly columns for NZFarmer, which is delivered free to all New Zealand farmers. However the agricultural press in New Zealand is undergoing major change. One part of that change is that … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, Agribusiness, China, Dairy, Meat Industry, Mycoplasma bovis
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