62. Myth No. 13

On The Safety of Raw Milk (with a word about pasteurization)

November 3, 2005

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Myth No. 13

"Pasteurization destroys 20% of the iodine present in milk, causes constipation and generally takes from milk it's most vital qualities."

• Pasteurization does not "take from milk it's most vital qualities". Far from it. Minimum pasteurization conditions provide safety to milk without appreciably altering it's nutritional value.
• Iodine: Literature indicates that neither cream removal nor pasteurization nor spray-drying of milk affected the concentration of either natural or iodophor-derived iodine.
• Even when milk was boiled, only 0.02% of iodine was lost.
• Wheeler et al. JDS 1983 Feb 66(2) 187-195.