Quest for the holy grail of supermilk

It contains almost all essential nutrients, including protein, minerals and vitamins and above all is very healthy. But not all milk is equal, says Mette Krogh Larsen of Aarhus University. She is part of the quest for the holy grail of super milk, milk with intrinsic higher value than ordinary drinking milk. For the last ten years researchers working on the Milk Genomics Initiative have identified genes that contribute to the natural genetic variation in milk quality traits such as milk-fat and