Is vitamin D additive in milk made out of animal skin ?
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Question by me: Is vitamin D additive in milk made out of animal skin ?
I recently got to know that all milk has vitamin D added to it and this comes from cow/pig/goat skins and by law, it is not necessary to declare this. Is this true ?
Plesley – I’m talking about USA. Daffyd- thanks for the link.
What do you think? Answer below!
4 Responses to Is vitamin D additive in milk made out of animal skin ?
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Oogh.
Yes.
http://vitamind.ucr.edu/milk.html
No more Vit.D milk for this veggie.
daffyd
November 1, 2013 at 4:15 am
not where i come from. Vitamin D is produced when exposed to sunlight through the skin. Milk helps having the pre-vitamin stuff to make that happen.
In my opinion it’s retarded to add vitamin D to the actual scorce of vitamin D, that’s like adding soil to a garden.
taking the skins and making it possible to be added to milk, would be a very expensive procedure, i don’t see the reason that should happen.
Milking the animal/pasturising/packing and selling is much more profitable than including all possible to make animal skin into vitamin D pills and then adding to milk.
So it’s either a hoax, or you have a really retarded country.
Plesley
November 1, 2013 at 4:18 am
Yes.
You can get good old fashioned vitamin D from the sun.
In the 1920s, vitamin D2 was discovered through exposing invertebrates, such as fungi or plants, to ultraviolet. Pharmaceutical companies patented the process. Vitamin D2 is not made naturally in vertebrates, or animals with an internal skeletal system. Vitamin D2 is better than vitamin D3 at absorbing ultraviolet radiation.
D-3 (cholecalciferol) is derived from lanolin (from sheep) or fish. D-2 and D-3 are both used to fortify milk and other dairy products. Some D-3 vitamin supplements are made with fish oil.
Dna Denizen
November 1, 2013 at 4:41 am
Vitamin D3 precursor is extracted from animal skin or by extracting lanolin from sheeps wool in a washing process. Vitamin D3 obtained from lanolin is generally accepted by vegetarians but not vegans. Vegans have to make do with D2 which comes from plants and is not as effective at raising vitamin D levels
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November 1, 2013 at 5:02 am