Calf-with-Cow means Calves stay with Cows until they are weaned We operate a Calf-with-Cow policy. This means that at Mossgiel Organic Farm, our calves stay with their Mothers until they are old enough to be weaned – usually between 6 and 8 months. This is when the calves begin to socialise together in groups and … Read more
Single-use Plastic? No Thanks! Mossgiel is the first Dairy in the UK to completely stop using single-use plastic packaging. All milk that leaves our farm gates does so in re-usable containers. During 2017/18, over 14.7 billion litres of milk were produced in the UK (1). This is a HUGE number! This results in an astronomical … Read more
Re-use beats Re-cycle Reduce, Re-use, Re-cycle. In that order. Reduce beats Re-use. Re-use beats Re-cycle. There is a lot of press regarding the merits of recycling, almost to the point where it has become a bit of an article of faith for a lot of people. This is in some ways a good thing, but … Read more
Re-usable Tubs Mossgiel Organic Milk can also be delivered to commercial premises in sizes larger than a pint bottle. Our Milk is available in 5 Litre or 21 Litre reusable plastic tubs. Once emptied, these are then rinsed out and picked up by the delivery driver to be re-sterilised and used again; just like the … Read more
Glass Bottles As we say on the Farm – “Glass is Class”! Glass bottles can be used again and again and again. The only energy consumed in this process is the energy required to wash and sterilise them. This is a lot less than the energy required to manufacture and deliver a plastic container. Because … Read more
Yes, it is. It is illegal to sell raw milk in Scotland. Mossgiel Organic Farm only sells pasteurised milk. The milk at Mossgiel Organic Farm is pasteurised in a different way to most milk on the shelves. Milk produced by “Big Dairy” uses a system called “Continuous Flow Pasteurisation”. This quickly heats the milk to … Read more
What is Non-Homogenised? Mossgiel Organic Milk is ALWAYS ‘non-homogenised’, that’s a fancy way of saying – ‘not highly processed’ or ‘as nature intended’. Or, to put it another way, good, old-fashioned, cream-at-the-top Milk that actually tastes like Milk and not white water!
Cream is the layer that rises to the top in non-homogenised milk. It is made up of a mixture of milk and butterfat. As it is slightly less dense than milk, it floats to the top if it is given enough time to settle. The fat in cream forms quite large globules that can be … Read more
Skimmed Milk is when almost all of the Cream is removed. In the UK, Skimmed Milk is usually about 0.5% Cream. Contrast this with the natural fat percentages of Milk from Ayrshire Cows, which are in the range of 4.5% – 4.9% depending on the season. The health benefits of removing the Cream from Milk … Read more
Semi-Skimmed Milk has about half the Cream of Whole Milk.
