China Becomes Third Nation to Produce Milk Beer

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China Becomes Third Nation to Produce Milk Beer

Milk beer, a new tonic beverage, has gone into production, making China the third country after the United States and Japan to have acquired the production technology.

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Milk beer, a new tonic beverage, has gone into production, making China the third country after the United States and Japan to have acquired the production technology.

Taking fresh milk as the raw material and fermenting it twice, the frothy beverage invented by the Tianjin Food Science Research Institute is something of a cross between milk and beer.

Prof. Chen Shusheng with the institute said the beverage, compared with traditional products, has both the merits of beer and milk.

With low alcohol and proper carbon dioxide, it is rather nutritious and easily absorbed by the human body, he explained.

As drinking it regularly can boost blood circulation, quench thirst and help people relax, milk beer has already won the reputation as "milk champagne" in developed countries.

After being put into trial production at the end of last year in China, the beverage has gained broad recognition in a dozen cities around China including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Jinan, Qingdao and Harbin.

In the southern city of Guangzhou alone, the share of milk beerin its beverage market has reached around 60 percent and continuesto rise.

According to Prof. Chen Shusheng, the product's batch production will be done by the Liulutong Dairy Development Corp. Ltd. in Xingtang county of north China's Hebei province.

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