Yup, just when you thought a strange story was dead and burried along comes some shocking new developments.
According to one of our readers, human milk cheese is already available on the market and has been for some time. Since 1947, the good people at Cosma Cheese in France, have been making Petit Singly cheese. Using only the finest human milk available their cheese can be enjoyed after a light snack, with a glass of wine, or even grilled.
Indeed, the Petit Singly , the only cheese made with the breast milk of women , has long remained in the shadow of the more common specialty cheeses made from cow’s, goat or sheep milk.
While some controversy swirls around the web as to the legitimacy of the site itself (see here) the site itself does offer up some rather titillating bits of information.
Neat-o facts about breast milk fromt the site:
- 1 liter of milk a woman brings an average of 670 kcal (2720 kJ) , ie as much as cow’s milk.
- The zinc content of both milks (cow and woman) are identical, but this metal is present in human milk in a specific form that explains the role of exclusive breast milk in the prevention and treatment of acrodermatitis enteropathica (hereditary disease resulting from zinc deficiency and its manifestations are mainly gastrointestinal and cutaneous).
- The breast milk also contains oligosaccharides many of which only some are known for now. Their role is poorly understood but are likely to foster the development of intestinal microbial flora (Lactobacillus bifidus) that protects the intestinal mucosa against bacterial assault.
What to eat before suhmiting your milk for cheese production as described by the site:
Here is the strict diet which the cheese Cosma subjecting donor breast milk for the highest quality required in the manufacture of Small Singly , specialty cheese made from breast milk of women :
- 100 g of bread (or grain equivalent) in the morning because of 60g, 40g in the afternoon,
- 200g cooked starchy lunch,
- 100 g in the evening
- greens at will
- 2 x 100 g or equivalent meat (fish, eggs …),
- 2 fruits and fruit juice,
- 2 x 40g of cheese and 3 dairy products (cow only).
In addition we ensure that donors:
- do not smoke,
- do not drink alcohol in excess,
- do not use drugs or household products may pass into the milk
Thank you to Olivier for the update and the link to the site. Please forgive the horrible translation. I would also like to mention – again, that males have been excluded yet again.