Why is milk white?
Moment Of Um
Lemonada Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um. |
| 0:05.0 | Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um. |
| 0:09.0 | Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Feed or P Crumbles, Master Cookie Tester. |
| 0:17.0 | Um. |
| 0:19.0 | In my career, I've tasted just about every flavor of cookie there is. |
| 0:24.6 | Chocolate chip, Altmeal raisin, Snickardoodle, peanut butter, |
| 0:31.6 | those little shortbreads with a sticky jelly in the middle, and so many more. |
| 0:41.4 | Being a professional cookie taster is a tough job. |
| 0:45.1 | It's not as easy as you'd think to find the fudge cookie with just the right silky texture. |
| 0:48.2 | Or the ginger snap with enough ginger and snap. |
| 0:53.6 | But the worst part is getting a dry, sticky mouth after too much tasting. |
| 1:00.8 | That's why I always make sure I have a tall, cool glass of milk next to me. |
| 1:08.0 | A sip of creamy white milk turns a plain old plate of cookies into a symphony |
| 1:15.1 | of the senses. It just wouldn't be the same with water or juice or pickle brine. And it has |
| 1:23.5 | to be white. But, and gosh, this is embarrassing for an expert like me. I don't know why milk is |
| 1:33.2 | white. My friend Claire just asked me the same question, too. My name is Claire from Brooklyn |
| 1:38.8 | Year, and my question is why I smell white. Milk contains a lot lot of fat and quite a lot of protein, |
| 1:47.1 | and these are bundled up in little balls, |
| 1:49.8 | microscopic little balls within the milk. |
| 1:52.3 | And when light hits these little balls, |
| 1:54.0 | the light reflects off it and so it looks white. |
| 1:56.8 | My name is Dr. Stu Farreman. |
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