If digestive difficulties have made it hard to enjoy a cold glass of milk with your cookies or a slice of cheese pizza, a Fennimore dairy farm is creating products to help reduce stomach aches and pain.
A small family-owned farm wants everyone to enjoy milk and cheese in America’s Dairyland.
“This is Wisconsin,” Lonnie Holthaus said.
Cow’s milk contains two types of proteins, A1 and A2.
“Milk we drink today has a combination of both,” Holthaus said. “Some people have issues with it and some people don’t. The A2 protein alone is the one that people get along with really well.”
“The A2 protein alone is the one that people get along with really well,” Holthaus added.
Their goal is for people to experience less bloating and abdominal pain when consuming dairy products.
“The A1 protein is the one people have issues is usually causing it,” he said. “It has been blamed on lactose intolerance and on dairy allergies.”
Researchers explain that some people have a reduced ability to chop up and absorb lactose. UW Madison’s Center for Dairy Research is hoping to continue to learn more about the future of dairy digestion.
“There is weak evidence at the moment that this change in the moving from what is typically A1 to A2, that there’s a difference in potential difference in how the body digestive,” Dr. John Lucey, the center’s director said.
Dr. Lucey said it’s important to find what works best for your body.
“If you like it, and you find it good to digest, that’s great,” Dr. Lucey said. “I think dairy products are very nutritious and the more consumption of them the better, it provides people with good nutrition.”
While the research continues so does the breeding. Ten years in the making, 50% of Milkhaus Dairy’s herd is now 100% A2.
“The way you discover which cows carry an A2 protein is we have to DNA test the cows to see if they are eligible or not for cheese manufacturing,” Holthaus explained.
The farm now sells their cheese and milk products at grocery stores including Woodman’s and Hy-Vee.
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