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Milena Bojovic, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University

Not like udder milk: 'synthetic' dairy milk made without cows may be coming to a supermarket near you

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The global dairy industry is changing. Among the disruptions is competition from food alternatives not produced using animals – including potential challenges posed by synthetic milk.

Synthetic milk does not require cows or other animals. It can have the same biochemical make up as animal milk, but is grown using an emerging biotechnology technique know as “precision fermentation” that produces biomass cultured from cells.

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