How much milk per day do the Dutch people drink on average?

noorandjenna1
noorandjenna1 Posts: 41 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
dairy is a staple in the Netherlands after all.
Everyone is so tall.
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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Random.

    Do we get multiple choice?
  • noorandjenna1
    noorandjenna1 Posts: 41 Member
    I am just curious.
    I'd say a range is good
  • TheRambler
    TheRambler Posts: 387 Member
    14.5 pulls
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Do you have google on your device?
  • noorandjenna1
    noorandjenna1 Posts: 41 Member
    It doesn't have a specific answer
    It just says dairy is an essential in the Dutch diet
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Are you trying to grow taller? I don't think it's dairy, it's genetic.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    noorandjenna1 wrote: »
    I am just curious.
    I'd say a range is good

    Then I'll range from 0mls- 5000mls.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    6 and a half udder pulls.
  • spoonpuppet
    spoonpuppet Posts: 15 Member
    Living in the Netherlands, I don't see many people drinking milk, but cheese is an important part of their cuisine.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I'm not sure how we're supposed to know this?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    All of it.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_consumption_per_capita

    Top three (by kg):

    Finland 361.19
    Sweden 355.86
    Netherlands 320.15

    So 365 days in a year, about .88 kg or .85 liters. Seems really high. The world average is apparently 108 kg per person per year, but obviously lots of places it's really low.

    The rest of the top 20:

    Switzerland 315.78
    Greece 314.69
    Montenegro 305.87
    Lithuania 303.0
    Denmark 295.62
    Albania 281.17
    Romania 266.19
    Luxembourg 265.9
    Kazakhstan 262.61
    Norway 261.52
    France 260.48
    Italy 256.1
    United States 253.8
    Germany 247.24
    Ireland 247.17
    Slovenia 246.44
    United Kingdom 241.4

    Wiki's source is here: http://chartsbin.com/view/1491
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  • TheRambler
    TheRambler Posts: 387 Member
    the swiss LOVE their dairy, huh??
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Almost as much as the Dutch, Finns, and Swedes.
  • TheRambler
    TheRambler Posts: 387 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Almost as much as the Dutch, Finns, and Swedes.

    swiss cheese...swiss chocolate and most important, swiss miss (with milk).. how are they 4th?? ;)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Forget that, what's wrong with the French and Brits? Slackers.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    yay, lemur. Now would you look up the countries by the height of the people? And then someone make a comparison line graph between the milk and the tallness? Please...
  • TheRambler
    TheRambler Posts: 387 Member
    the Brits I get.. I mean you don't really associate them with dairy. Maybe.

    The French? Cheese this and cheese that. I think it's because of all of the wine...it's cutting into dairy time. tsk tsk
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  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I think genetics make you tall. With the exception of malnourishment that may override genetics to a degree.

    As a Brit I'd have thought we might be higher on the dairy, we eat a lot of cheese and everyone I know seems to get through an alarming amount of cartons of milk. Maybe I just attract high dairy consumers!
  • noorandjenna1
    noorandjenna1 Posts: 41 Member
    I think milk is nourishing and provides minerals and nutrients that promote bone health and growth :)
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Clearly, Scotland has fallen from it's Highland glory days, otherwise the UK would be much higher. Unless "dairy" isn't counting sheep or goat milk, in which case, it might make a bit more sense. ;)
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    Clearly, Scotland has fallen from it's Highland glory days, otherwise the UK would be much higher. Unless "dairy" isn't counting sheep or goat milk, in which case, it might make a bit more sense. ;)

    I'm Scottish, though admittedly from the lowlands. I don't/can't recall ever knowing anyone who drinks goat or sheep milk. Goat's cheese on the other hand........
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    Clearly, Scotland has fallen from it's Highland glory days, otherwise the UK would be much higher. Unless "dairy" isn't counting sheep or goat milk, in which case, it might make a bit more sense. ;)

    I'm Scottish, though admittedly from the lowlands. I don't/can't recall ever knowing anyone who drinks goat or sheep milk. Goat's cheese on the other hand........

    Dear lord, then it's even worse than I suspected. O_O

    Seriously, if you've never had sheep's milk, you don't know what you're missing. If it were viable to mass produce (sheep are mean as *kitten*), I could see it easily giving moojuice the boot. Goat milk on the other hand, I can see being more of an acquired taste, especially from the breeds that produce muskier milks.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    When I was in the Netherlands they said buttermilk was the national drink. Perhaps the fellow was pulling my leg? I didn't drink the buttermilk.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Forget that, what's wrong with the French and Brits? Slackers.
    I went to Europe years ago, but I remember yogurt was offered at breakfast every day I was in France and Switzerland. Of course I ate it. (My fridge now has way more yogurt and cheese than I should have as a single person.)
    (And eggs. But that's because I have about 30 hens)
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