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Thai Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has asserted that Thai cow's milk is 100% pure, following social media debates questioning its quality. He stated on Tuesday that Thailand's agricultural standards ensure no adulteration occurs in locally produced milk. Products from the Dairy Farming Promotion Organisation of Thailand exemplify purity, undergoing thorough veterinary checks to guarantee fresh, clean, and nutritious milk for consumers.

 

The controversy started when popular host Wutthithorn “Woody” Milintajinda discussed safe food practices on his talk show, sparking doubts about the authenticity of Thai milk. Woody has since apologized, admitting that the information shared was incomplete and pledged to bring health and veterinary experts on a future program to clarify the situation. Minister Thamanat and other officials have emphasized that misinformation should not undermine confidence in Thai dairy products.

 

Supattra Boonserm, from the Food and Drug Administration, supported the minister's claims, noting that Thailand's milk products adhere to rigorous safety and quality regulations. Additionally, Somchuan Ratanamungklanon of the Department of Livestock Development highlighted the department's active role in ensuring milk quality through collaboration with cooperatives and private producers across the nation.

 

Looking ahead, further discussions and programs are expected to enhance public understanding of Thailand's dairy industry and its standards. Woody's promised show featuring experts aims to reinforce confidence in the safety and quality of locally produced milk, addressing any remaining public concerns. The government continues to stress the robustness of its agricultural practices, ensuring that Thai milk remains safe and nutritious.

 

Key Takeaways

• Thai officials confirm local milk is pure and meets global standards.
• Talk show host Woody apologizes for spreading incomplete information.
• Efforts are underway to educate the public about Thai dairy quality.

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Bangkok Post 2025-11-12

 

 

Where can you buy pure Thai milk.. i travelled a lot around in Thailand, but you see hardly cows. Where does the milk comr from, and where can you buy fresh/real milk instead of the fake produced ones in the shops

23 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Where can you buy pure Thai milk.. i travelled a lot around in Thailand, but you see hardly cows. Where does the milk comr from, and where can you buy fresh/real milk instead of the fake produced ones in the shops

I cycle past 100s of cows everyday, almost every other field and the rural roads have loads walking around.

The milk sold cold in the supermarket fridge are 100%, in my experience they are very good quality compared to other countries. I would say the milk sold here is really damn good! but I dont drink much, I make yogurt and cheese.

 

 

Now, let's talk about box milk, those in the Tetrapack boxes, they are PURE CR4P !!!

What's even worse, the children milk box, they are mostly made from re-hydrated milk.

 

Children milk sold here are a complete fraud! because parents dont care to even read.

 

They are usually 20-50% made from re-hydrated cow milk powder. They make milk powder for logistics profit, then ship to the factory, they recombine it with water, add preservatives, additives, emulsifiers and flavors. then pack for children to drink.

 

Yogurt are all similar, there is not a single local brand that makes pure 100% yogurt, ZERO!

most are also made from re-hydrated cow milk powder.

 

The yogurt that I make is amazing, I give to friends and they love it. It's full fat, I only need 1 spoon of Meiji Bulgaria LB81 for 1L of yogurt. I usually pick milk with at least 4% Fat (8g of fat per 200ml serving)

 

My father sells 1000L or more of cow milk in a week back in our home country, 

Let me tell you what they do with it:

-1 Remove as much fat as possible to make butter, all that Omega3 goodness are gone.

-2 then re-sell as low fat or just normal milk

45 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Where can you buy pure Thai milk.. i travelled a lot around in Thailand, but you see hardly cows. Where does the milk comr from, and where can you buy fresh/real milk instead of the fake produced ones in the shops

https://www.facebook.com/THEJOURSEY/

Pure raw milk , butter , yoghurts & cheese etc , extremely good tasting products . 

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

Where can you buy pure Thai milk.. i travelled a lot around in Thailand, but you see hardly cows. Where does the milk comr from, and where can you buy fresh/real milk instead of the fake produced ones in the shops

I'm not sure i'd want milk straight from the udder without being pasteurized, probably wouldn't stay fresh for too long.

 

People still drink cow's milk?  Ugh.

 

Couldn't pay me to drink it.

 

(Unpopular opinion, admittedly.)

Oh dear, oh dear... very 1930s of you Thailand regarding the purity of Thai produce. Reminds me of other negative attitudes that still prevail in many societies. I hope the younger generations that will inevitably ending up holding power do away with this dogma from the mid-20th century. Would be a huge breath of fresh air.

He says it is real, or is it flour? 

2 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

The milk sold cold in the supermarket fridge are 100%, in my experience they are very good quality compared to other countries. I would say the milk sold here is really damn good! but I dont drink much, I make yogurt and cheese.

 

 

Now, let's talk about box milk, those in the Tetrapack boxes, they are PURE CR4P !!!

What's even worse, the children milk box, they are mostly made from re-hydrated milk.

 

Children milk sold here are a complete fraud! because parents dont care to even read.

 

They are usually 20-50% made from re-hydrated cow milk powder. They make milk powder for logistics profit, then ship to the factory, they recombine it with water, add preservatives, additives, emulsifiers and flavors. then pack for children to drink.

 

Yogurt are all similar, there is not a single local brand that makes pure 100% yogurt, ZERO!

most are also made from re-hydrated cow milk powder.

 

The yogurt that I make is amazing, I give to friends and they love it. It's full fat, I only need 1 spoon of Meiji Bulgaria LB81 for 1L of yogurt. I usually pick milk with at least 4% Fat (8g of fat per 200ml serving)

 

My father sells 1000L or more of cow milk in a week back in our home country, 

Let me tell you what they do with it:

-1 Remove as much fat as possible to make butter, all that Omega3 goodness are gone.

-2 then re-sell as low fat or just normal milk

Let's get some facts right most  school milk is made from 100% fresh milk, I live in a big cow area we have small plants that use fresh local milk and put into plastic bags, my wife's great-great-granddaughter sometimes brings some home from school I have tried it  not bad milk.

Next fact ,Thailand does not make any milk powder it is all imported mainly from Australia or NZ ,and that is now the problem, over the past 3 years 50% of Thai dairy farmers have given up cannot make it pay, they are not very efficient and management is not good i.e. your average Thai dairy cow will only give 12 kg/milk/day ,as opposed to our cows at well over 20kg/milk/day, biggest problem is  feed cost have gone up 

So, milk companies are mixing milk powder with fresh milk to eka out the fresh milk supplies, like you have noticed, you cannot get some sizes of bottled milk in 7/11 etc., like you could a few years ago, lack of milk they have cut out some bottle sizes

As for your fact about yogurt the Thai Denmark only use fresh milk, no milk powder, so their yogurt is 100% fresh milk.

As for the future of Thai milk production, not good since 1st Jan this year under WTO rules Thailand has to charge no import tax on imported milk powder, milk powder cost about 15baht/kg ,so I was told back in the spring, dairy farmers are getting about 21 baht/kg for they milk, milk companies are buying milk at about 22-23 baht/kg, so if they can cut they cost by using more milk powder they will, as more dairy farmers go out of business.

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I cycle past 100s of cows everyday, almost every other field and the rural roads have loads walking around.

Where is that place - I gotta avoid that fly ridden smelly location. 

12 hours ago, Wiggy said:

He says it is real, or is it flour? 

He said it's pure... he knows all about pure.

Fresh milk is still 100% milk... but all these "milk products" is another thing. For example, sweetened condensed milk, in America and Europe it's basically just milk and sugar, while here in Asia they also add palm oil (I read the lable on one popular brand and it had more palm oil than milk in it). The same with one of the big brands (NOT Thai Denmark) of boxed flavoured milk for children, they use skim milk powder and and add palm oil to get up the fat level... and then they call it milk?!

17 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

Fresh milk is still 100% milk... but all these "milk products" is another thing. For example, sweetened condensed milk, in America and Europe it's basically just milk and sugar, while here in Asia they also add palm oil (I read the lable on one popular brand and it had more palm oil than milk in it). The same with one of the big brands (NOT Thai Denmark) of boxed flavoured milk for children, they use skim milk powder and and add palm oil to get up the fat level... and then they call it milk?!

There is a marked difference between condensed milk  and non dairy products as per labeling.

 

I beg to differ: https://www.bigc.co.th/en/product/carnation-plus-sweetened-condensed-milk-380-g.34446

 

They call it Sweetened Condensed Milk, but it contains Palm Oil, amongst other things. You cannot find the real thing here, unless specially imported.

12 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Where is that place - I gotta avoid that fly ridden smelly location. 

Are you also concerned with Pig farms?

16 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Where can you buy pure Thai milk.. i travelled a lot around in Thailand, but you see hardly cows. Where does the milk comr from, and where can you buy fresh/real milk instead of the fake produced ones in the shops

You haven't been in my neck of the woods (Northeast Lamphun province).  There are dairy farms up and down our valley with Holstein milk cows everywhere.  Unlike the Bhrama cattle (ox) that graze everywhere, the Holsteins are generally kept in feed lots. which is probably why you don't see them. 

16 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

The yogurt that I make is amazing, I give to friends and they love it. It's full fat, I only need 1 spoon of Meiji Bulgaria LB81 for 1L of yogurt. I usually pick milk with at least 4% Fat (8g of fat per 200ml serving)

Same way as I make my yoghurt except I use Meiji Bulgar Live Yoghurt with pasteurised goat's milk.  Goat's milk purchased from Makro, when available.

 

Place the jug of milk + stirred yoghurt in a bowl of hot water on an electric hot-plate on lowest possible setting, and leave overnight.

 

Most dairy cattle are said to be North European breeds whose milk contains type A1 casein.  South European breeds and all other lactating mammals - buffalo, goats, sheep, homo sapiens,etc - produce type A2 casein. Guernseys are said to be OK but Jersey milk is half-and-half.  Wonder what species they have in Thailand ?

 

"For over 20 years, bovine beta-casein has been a subject of increasing scientific interest because its genetic A1 variant during gastrointestinal digestion releases opioid-like peptide ß-casomorphin-7 (ß-CM-7). Since ß-CM-7 is involved in the dysregulation of many physiological processes, there is a growing discussion of whether the consumption of the ß-casein A1 variant has an influence on human health. In the last decade, the number of papers dealing with this problem has substantially increased. The newest clinical studies on humans showed a negative effect of variant A1 on serum glutathione level, digestive well-being, cognitive performance score in children, and mood score in women. …"

16 hours ago, brfsa2 said:

The milk sold cold in the supermarket fridge are 100%, in my experience they are very good quality compared to other countries. I would say the milk sold here is really damn good! but I dont drink much, I make yogurt and cheese.

 

 

Now, let's talk about box milk, those in the Tetrapack boxes, they are PURE CR4P !!!

What's even worse, the children milk box, they are mostly made from re-hydrated milk.

 

Children milk sold here are a complete fraud! because parents dont care to even read.

 

They are usually 20-50% made from re-hydrated cow milk powder. They make milk powder for logistics profit, then ship to the factory, they recombine it with water, add preservatives, additives, emulsifiers and flavors. then pack for children to drink.

 

Yogurt are all similar, there is not a single local brand that makes pure 100% yogurt, ZERO!

most are also made from re-hydrated cow milk powder.

 

The yogurt that I make is amazing, I give to friends and they love it. It's full fat, I only need 1 spoon of Meiji Bulgaria LB81 for 1L of yogurt. I usually pick milk with at least 4% Fat (8g of fat per 200ml serving)

 

My father sells 1000L or more of cow milk in a week back in our home country, 

Let me tell you what they do with it:

-1 Remove as much fat as possible to make butter, all that Omega3 goodness are gone.

-2 then re-sell as low fat or just normal milk

Dating myself here, but I remember back in English when milk was delivered in bottle to your front door by a milkman in a horse-drawn milk-wagon.  My sister and I would go out a feed the horse apples.  The milk and cream would separate.  That was really good milk.  All milk now is highly processed pasteurize and homogenized junk.  If you ever drink fresh milk, you'd never buy milk in a store again.  It's that good.  I'm glad I grew up in the era that I did. It really was special.  And as a Yank, I'm glad I had the opportunity to spend my youth in Britain. 
Just like this.  I can still remember the milkman.  Older guy with grey hair and a grey mustache and a cap.  Man, that's remembering back over 66+ years but still clear as day in my memories.  ❤️

 

13 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Where is that place - I gotta avoid that fly ridden smelly location. 

Why is this forum so full of pathetic angry guys who have little else to do by come up with highly negative things to say about topics in this forum as well as ad-hominid attacks on other members. 

I worked with a guy who had worked as a ranch hand.  As he put it - "It's The Smell Of Money."  That's how ranchers think.  Now pig farms.   I've been around pig farms.  They are pretty bad.  Worst than cattle feed lots.  But again, "It's The Smell Of Money."

37 minutes ago, SlamDunk said:

I beg to differ: https://www.bigc.co.th/en/product/carnation-plus-sweetened-condensed-milk-380-g.34446

 

They call it Sweetened Condensed Milk, but it contains Palm Oil, amongst other things. You cannot find the real thing here, unless specially imported.

You can't find real condensed milk here.  I've looks.  All you can find is the HIGHLY processed garbage full of palm oil and sugar.
What makes real condensed milk so good is the high concentration of natural lactose sugars and fat.  The Thai palm oil and sugar fake condensed milk is just nasty. 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has asserted that Thai cow's milk is 100% pure,

 

Except for the sugar content. if they didn't make i t sweet., no thais would drink it

1 hour ago, connda said:

Dating myself here, but I remember back in English when milk was delivered in bottle to your front door by a milkman in a horse-drawn milk-wagon.  My sister and I would go out a feed the horse apples.  The milk and cream would separate.  That was really good milk.  All milk now is highly processed pasteurize and homogenized junk.  If you ever drink fresh milk, you'd never buy milk in a store again.  It's that good.  I'm glad I grew up in the era that I did. It really was special.  And as a Yank, I'm glad I had the opportunity to spend my youth in Britain. 
Just like this.  I can still remember the milkman.  Older guy with grey hair and a grey mustache and a cap.  Man, that's remembering back over 66+ years but still clear as day in my memories.  ❤️

 

Down memory lane !  Yes, I remember too !  The horse-drawn carts of the milkman, the greengrocer, the rag-and-bone man calling out "Any old iron? Any old iron?"  Thick cream at the top of milk bottles, which had to be protected from the beaks of birds.

 

But food was short in those early post-War years.  Everything still rationed.  Even bread.  Very little butter, so our bread was mostly spread with dripping extracted by boiling big bones the housekeeper got from the butcher.

 

Children were somewhat privileged by the new National Health Service: small bottles of concentrated orange juice, big tins of delicious 'Ostermilk' powdered milk, and also, not so popular, cod-liver oil.  Even during the war, when adults were only allowed one egg per week, children were allowed seven!

 

When my mother walked me down to "the village" (the town centre) we sometimes called on her aunt and uncle on the way back.  My great-aunt would give me a chocolate digestive biscuit.  An unheard of luxury.  One never normally saw chocolate biscuits in those days, but she had shares in Huntley & Palmer who distributed them as a dividend.  Biscuits were plain and in limited supply.  As sugar was scarce, cakes were a luxury.  Finely-grated carrots could provide extra sweetening.

 

My mother, or her other uncle, occasionally took me to London where there were great gaps between buildings with gaping holes where bomb-site basements had been.  All the rubble now cleared away.

On one occasion I was with my mother at St.Pancras to catch a return train and was hungry.  We went up the external stairway to the station's cafeteria above the left-luggage office near Platform 1.  She bought me a doughnut, and as I was still hungry tried to buy a second one.  I remember her anger when this was refused, despite offering both money and ration coupons.  Limited stocks did not permit the sale of more than one item per person.

2 hours ago, connda said:

milk was delivered in bottle to your front door by a milkman in a horse-drawn milk-wagon

 

Yes, he also sired many an illegitimate child whom the mother passed off as her husband's.  

 

Getting back to the article, it seems that someone with influence made allegations without any proof, and could seriously harm an industry that is already struggling.  It seems to be a common theme running through mainstream media outlets these days and the perpetrators are rarely forced to recompense the injured parties. 

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

adhere to rigorous safety and quality regulations.

 

Yeah, well ...

20 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I cycle past 100s of cows everyday, almost every other field and the rural roads have loads walking around

Where does this happen to you, please? 

3 hours ago, watchcat said:

Except for the sugar content. if they didn't make i t sweet., no thais would drink it

“Make it sweet”?? How does that happen?

It tastes the same as milk in Europe, at least to me. 

Just so you know; Dairy Home does sell 'Jersey Milk' with the cream on the top. Their version of the Gold Top milk mentioned earlier by @connda

Not cheap mind you. 47 baht for 300ml.

https://www.dairyhome.co.th/product-page/jersey-milk-cream-top

 

 

19 hours ago, WHansen said:

I'm not sure i'd want milk straight from the udder without being pasteurized, probably wouldn't stay fresh for too long.

 

Unpasteurized also carries the risk of TB

3 hours ago, ericbj said:

Down memory lane !  Yes, I remember too !  The horse-drawn carts of the milkman, the greengrocer, the rag-and-bone man calling out "Any old iron? Any old iron?"  Thick cream at the top of milk bottles, which had to be protected from the beaks of birds.

 

But food was short in those early post-War years.  Everything still rationed.  Even bread.  Very little butter, so our bread was mostly spread with dripping extracted by boiling big bones the housekeeper got from the butcher.

 

Children were somewhat privileged by the new National Health Service: small bottles of concentrated orange juice, big tins of delicious 'Ostermilk' powdered milk, and also, not so popular, cod-liver oil.  Even during the war, when adults were only allowed one egg per week, children were allowed seven!

 

When my mother walked me down to "the village" (the town centre) we sometimes called on her aunt and uncle on the way back.  My great-aunt would give me a chocolate digestive biscuit.  An unheard of luxury.  One never normally saw chocolate biscuits in those days, but she had shares in Huntley & Palmer who distributed them as a dividend.  Biscuits were plain and in limited supply.  As sugar was scarce, cakes were a luxury.  Finely-grated carrots could provide extra sweetening.

 

My mother, or her other uncle, occasionally took me to London where there were great gaps between buildings with gaping holes where bomb-site basements had been.  All the rubble now cleared away.

On one occasion I was with my mother at St.Pancras to catch a return train and was hungry.  We went up the external stairway to the station's cafeteria above the left-luggage office near Platform 1.  She bought me a doughnut, and as I was still hungry tried to buy a second one.  I remember her anger when this was refused, despite offering both money and ration coupons.  Limited stocks did not permit the sale of more than one item per person.

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