Only 8 Places in Utah Can Sell This Kind of Milk

There was a time when everyone drank milk straight from the cow and there are those who see value in drinking milk that is unpasteurized. It is possible to get your milk like people used to drink it in the old days, but only licensed locations in Utah are allowed to sell it. 

Louis Pasteur First Heated Wine with His Process 

Pasteurization is when you heat a liquid to kill microbes and was originally done to wine in 1863 by its inventor Louis Pasteur of France. Eventually it was applied to milk that is briefly heated to 160 degrees as part of the process. 

Some people feel that killing these microbes has had a negative effect on people’s health since then. They feel the body is weakened by not having these microbes. They site studies that show raw milk helped with asthma, allergies and other infections. 

Where in Utah Can You Get Raw Milk Without Having to Buy a Cow? 

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food shares information about raw milk and the licensed places you can buy it. Seven of the locations are in the northern part of the state with only one location in Southern Utah located in Hildale. 

There are two locations on the list that offer raw goat’s milk. I actually grew up drinking raw milk from goats we had on a farm. I never suffered any ill effects except for how terrible the milk tasted depending on what the goat ate earlier in the day. 

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I’m not sure if the raw milk made me and my sibling healthier or not. We are all generally doing well except for some snippy attitudes when the subject of chores and milking are brought up.