Milk has a certain social attribute, and when you don't know what to bring as a gift, you can't go wrong with a carton of milk. During the New Year's holidays, all supermarkets will re-set their heads, and the original six walnuts are very well stocked, and organic milk has been pushed out in recent years.
The price of a carton of organic milk is more than 1 yuan more expensive than regular milk.
16 boxes of organic milk cost more than 50;
24 cartons of regular milk can be bought for more than 40 yuan.
Why is organic milk more expensive than regular milk?
What's Underpinning the Price of Organic Milk?
I looked up some information with questions.
1. Organic milk requires organic production of the whole industry chain
I originally thought that the organic nature of milk was mainly reflected in the product side, such as the high protein content of 3.6 and 3.8, but the data shows that organic milk has even started "organic production" from the raw material, that is, the grass that milk eats. Namely:
cultivation and processing of organic feed raw materials;
production of organic raw milk;
Processing of organic dairy products.
All of them meet the organic standards of nature, ecology, pollution-free and additive-free.
From the perspective of the industrial chain, organic production is to make cows happy, such as:
Organic feed is grown without the use of chemically synthesized pesticides and fertilizers.
Organic cows need to grow naturally and have plenty of room to move.
A book about 20 years ago introduced green animal husbandry, many years before the popularity of organic milk.
The title of the book is "Research on the Theory and Practice of Green Animal Husbandry", and it mentions:
The requirements for the development of natural animal husbandry are:
One is the naturalization of varieties.
The selected breeds of livestock are based on natural breeding and reproduction methods and cannot be obtained through genetic engineering.
The second is the naturalization of fodder and feed.
The feed should not be added with any chemical ingredients, additives, bone meal, antibiotics, etc.
The third is the naturalization of feeding methods.
European law on natural animal husbandry stipulates that animals must be raised in a state of happiness, and it is forbidden to be tethered and supplied with feed in an automated manner.
Cows are naturally grazed in pastures from March to October.
Piglets have the right to breastmilk for at least 13 days from birth;
the right to a straw-covered pig nest;
If the pig is transported for more than 8 hours during transportation, it will have to rest for 24 hours;
It must be slaughtered in isolation and not seen by other pigs.
In short, we should give humane care to pigs, cattle and other animals.
Second, the organic production process introduces barriers to entry
If you consider the happiness of the pigs when raising pigs, and get a single room for each pig in the pigsty, the cost of the farmer will be very high. Therefore, organic production represents, first and foremost, a barrier to financial entry. Organic milk is milk that needs financial support to produce.
According to the data, as a link in the upstream organic raw milk production chain, considering the conversion of the upstream supply chain and dairy farming operations, it usually takes 2.5 to 3 years for non-organic farms to be converted to organic pastures as a whole, depending on the conversion time of arable land and the corresponding organic certification requirements.
To pass the certification of organic farms, it also requires an investment of money and time. Like what:
Each cow has 6 square metres of indoor and 4.5 square metres of outdoor activity space.
From the above introduction, we can see that good products are piled up with money.
The cost of ordinary feed and organic feed is not the same;
The production cost of ordinary dairy cows is also different from that of organic dairy cows.
The standards for the production of organic milk will also be more stringent.
As the cost of milk production increases, so does the price.
As for drinking regular milk or organic milk, this depends on personal preference.
Both kinds of milk have their audiences and markets, but I personally feel that organic milk will have a lot of room for growth, because after the number of products is satisfied, we want to eat better and pursue product quality.
For example:
Bought corn some time ago, and each corn had 1 or 2 bugs.
The uncle who sold corn said at the time that this was the corn he had grown himself, and he had not used pesticides; But those bugs made me feel less beautiful all of a sudden.
But the corn that comes out of boiling water is really fragrant.
Buying all kinds of corn outside to eat, the taste is far worse than the corn sold by the uncle; Even the corn kernels, which were hard before cooking, are very soft and glutinous when cooked.
I don't need to eat four or five or five meters, and my stomach won't allow me to eat that much;
I just want to eat some good corn, one or two is enough, even if it is expensive, I am willing to buy it.
The same is true for the consumption of organic milk.