Shop Local – Local is Best The Shop Local movement has been gathering pace for a number of years now in response to what has been described as the less than ethical dealings of super-markets. If you’ve been following us for a while, you may know that a large part of the story of how … Read more
Yes. All Mossgiel Milk sold to the public is pasteurised. At Mossgiel, we call our approach to pasteurisation “brewing”. Working with different pasteurisation systems gave us a completely new insight into what matters most: not the type of equipment being used, but how precisely temperature, time, flow and cooling are engineered around the Milk. This … Read more
What does non-homogenised milk mean? Cream at the top is not a fault. It is a sign that the milk has kept more of its natural structure. A simple explanation Homogenisation breaks the natural fat droplets in milk into much smaller particles so the cream stays evenly mixed. Non-homogenised milk has not been through that … Read more
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.
We would say that it depends who you speak to! If you’re speaking to us then whole milk means exactly what you would expect – all of the milk that our awesome herd of Ayrshire Cows produce (pasteurised, of course). Ayrshire Cows produce between 4.5% & 4.9% cream, depending on what time of the year … Read more
Organic certification at Mossgiel Organic is not just a word on our bottle. It is a farming system backed by standards, inspection and independent certification. What certification means Mossgiel and the organic family farms in our dedicated milk pool work to independently certified organic standards. Those standards cover how land is managed, how animals are … Read more