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What Does Breast Milk Taste Like?
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Have you ever considered eating local at your own breast-aurant?

If it seems somehow “wrong” or “icky,” consider other foods you might consume without question… like commercial cow’s milk. Do you think it’s weird for adults to drink breast milk? If you enjoy dairy in your morning coffee or breakfast cereal, that’s exactly what you’ve been doing! Cow milk comes from the breasts of cows (udders) and is produced by their bodies for their calf babies. But for dairy factory cows, their breast milk is sent to grocers for sale by the gallon, or to use in other dairy products like cheese and ice cream, or in coffees and breakfast cereals.

And if it’s perfectly safe for a baby to drink human breast milk, it’s perfectly safe for any other person to drink it. Let’s use that big thinking organ inside our heads, people. That thing that provides us with common sense.

Keep this in mind: breast milk is a FOOD. It is NOT a bodily waste product like urine or sweat or spit or…well, you get the point. I repeat… breast milk is a food. It’s the best food for infants. And it doesn’t stop being a food when it’s consumer is of a certain age beyond infancy.

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Milk and cereal. Not so weird. The hairdos though… a little weird! Photo Credit: David Lachapelle

WHAT DOES BREAST MILK TASTE LIKE?

A reliable source of mine says it tastes “very sweet, a bit nutty, like candy–just like a melted Payday bar minus the salt.”

Breast milk is usually sweet-tasting, even more so than fruit. Many people say it tastes like warm cow’s milk except sugary, almost too sugary (no wonder kids are obsessed!), and more like skim milk due to the low fat content. Sometimes milk that has been previously expressed will develop a soapy, almost metallic aftertaste due to the lipase enzymes.

“Melted ice cream” is a popular descriptor. When asked what they think breast milk tastes like, children have said “apple honey,” grapes, popsicles, strawberries and cream, “rainbows and butterflies”… and, interestingly, kids often say that one side tastes different than the other.

Roger Ziegler, a little famous for this story, wrote that his wife’s breast milk tastes “[s]lightly sweet and a little nutty, like warm cinnamon toast. This is good. Real good.”

Dionna (from Code Name: Mama) did a little taste-tester sleuthing and reported that mama’s milk tastes:

“liquid hot sweet. No specific taste, really, to me. Both [of my kids] agree that one side is fruity and the other is like a confection. I’ve been informed they taste like, banana, coconut, peaches, chocolate and probably some other stuff I can’t remember.” – Dionna’s friend Heather

“like grass (salad for lunch) and a little sweeter. It’s not sugary sweetness though. It’s more like it evokes the smell of something sweet and foodie all at once. Cause who wants sweet salad?” – Mammapie

However, also keep in mind that the flavor of breast milk changes depending on the mother’s diet. This is great for a nursling because he may be more accepting of various flavors than a baby who’s acclimated only to the static taste of formula. In fact, babies have been found to nurse better after their mothers consumed garlic! (Then they were heard babbling, “I vant your meeeelk!”).

That said, the changing flavor shouldn’t affect the flavor of any of the following recipes.

WHO CAN MAKE THESE RECIPES?

Some renowned chefs have made or promoted gourmet concoctions with breast milk… Swiss chef Hans Locher, New York chef Daniel Angerer, Abi Blake (the self-professed “Nigella Lawson of breast milk cookery”)…even PETA is on board with human breast milk’s whole “save the animals” aspect of nourishment (okay, they were kidding, but still). The London ice cream shop Icecreamists even offered a human breast milk-based product called “Baby Gaga” for about $22.50 per serving, and of course the first batch sold out within days.

Have You Donated Yet?

These recipes are intended for EXCESS breast milk that otherwise cannot be donated. If you have a usable amount of milk that your own baby does not need, please attempt to DONATE IT to a needy baby before adding it to your latte. Read about milk donation in the “Donor Milk” section. I implore you, attempt to donate any surplus human breast milk to make sure it has a chance to go to its intended recipients — babies. If donation isn’t an option (if you’re too far postpartum, taking contraindicated medications, have stored milk past the acceptance date for donation, etc), then go ahead… get creative in your own kitchen!

After it sold out of its first batch of breast milk ice cream, The Icecreamists store posted a sign promising customers that more

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Recipes for Kids & Adults

EASY STUFF

Breast Milk Bread Starter – Simply replace water with breast milk in your favorite bread starter recipe.

Mashed Sweet Potato – Bake a sweet potato, allow to cool enough to handle, then add a bit of breast milk and mash it up.

Guacamole – Mash up an avocado with breast milk. Stir in your favorite guac spices and veggie additions, if you like.

Coffee Creamer – Separate the cream from breast milk; add preferred amount to cuppa joe.

Breast Milk Butter – Get an ounce or two of breast milk in a cup or bottle, screw the lid on securely, then shake vigorously for several minutes until it turns into a solid butter.

Breast Milk is… Well, Just Milk – Did you know that you can substitute human breast milk for just about anything that calls for cow, rice, or nut milks? Whenever a recipe calls for cow’s milk or cream, it’s totally possible to use human breast milk instead of bovine milk (or milks of goat, rice, nut, etc). Get creative! Express a few ounces for oatmeal, breakfast cereal, mac ‘n cheese, an egg bake, cheesecake, all kinds of fruit smoothies… Squirt a bit (or a lot) in hot chocolate or a White Russian (because you’re a Nursaholic, remember?) for some extra sweetness and nutrition.

Breast milk butter. Photo Credit: David Masters

SNACKS

Cottage Cheese

by Janet Hoover, IBCLC

16 cups breast milk
1/2 cup non-fat dry milk
1 cup buttermilk
Salt, to taste

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