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first great response covered a few points I wanted to say about the article... To add more my family is of Greek and Turkish heritage, I live in NYC and make m

by 3327 13y ago

first great response covered a few points I wanted to say about the article... To add more my family is of Greek and Turkish heritage, I live in NYC and make my own yoghurt (super easy)... I also strain a batch. The water that gets strained you can drink, in fact, its actually the same water that remains in yoghurt when you take a deep scoop and leave higher ground yoghurt relative to the remainder. Yoghurt has a Ph level of around 4.5-5.0 making it low acidic (for comparison orange juice has a ph of 3.5). This article refers to it as acid whey and makes it sound as if its hydrochloric acid. In all honestly there are much more serious problems to the environment than yoghurt water. How about when excess or spoiled OJ is dumped in Florida? By default its ph is an order more acidic so the impact should be too... Plus yogurt water is drinkable and is actually good for you (proof by induction).

tallanvor 13y ago
The article states that "the resulting whey is roughly as acidic as orange juice", so the industrial process probably creates more acidic waste than what you make at home (because they're using a different process that results in less dilution, I would assume). The article specifically explains why acid whey is harmful to the environment - it's decomposition robs streams and rivers of oxygen and kills fish. The point is that your personal experience making a small amount of yoghurt at home does not make you an expert when it comes to large scale production and the problems resulting from the waste produced.
- 3327 13y ago
  >>The article states that "the resulting whey is roughly as acidic as orange juice", so the industrial process probably creates more acidic waste than what you make at home (because they're using a different process that results in less dilution, I would assume). "roughly" is a pretty general term when there is an order difference. The difference between 4.5 and 3 is pretty significant. Unless they actually tested the Ph and publish the number in the article they should not be making claims as "roughly". >The point is that your personal experience making a small amount of yoghurt at home does not make you an expert when it comes to large scale production and the problems resulting from the waste produced. >The article specifically explains why acid whey is harmful to the environment - it's decomposition robs streams and rivers of oxygen and kills fish. yes that is evident. my point was that there are much more harmful things going into rivers and oceans rather than yoghurt juice.

by 3327 13y ago

tallanvor 13y ago

The article states that "the resulting whey is roughly as acidic as orange juice", so the industrial process probably creates more acidic waste than what you make at home (because they're using a different process that results in less dilution, I would assume). The article specifically explains why acid whey is harmful to the environment - it's decomposition robs streams and rivers of oxygen and kills fish. The point is that your personal experience making a small amount of yoghurt at home does not make you an expert when it comes to large scale production and the problems resulting from the waste produced.

3327 13y ago
>>The article states that "the resulting whey is roughly as acidic as orange juice", so the industrial process probably creates more acidic waste than what you make at home (because they're using a different process that results in less dilution, I would assume). "roughly" is a pretty general term when there is an order difference. The difference between 4.5 and 3 is pretty significant. Unless they actually tested the Ph and publish the number in the article they should not be making claims as "roughly". >The point is that your personal experience making a small amount of yoghurt at home does not make you an expert when it comes to large scale production and the problems resulting from the waste produced. >The article specifically explains why acid whey is harmful to the environment - it's decomposition robs streams and rivers of oxygen and kills fish. yes that is evident. my point was that there are much more harmful things going into rivers and oceans rather than yoghurt juice.