What is Raw Milk?

Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. Pasteurized milk is milk that has been heated to a high temperature for the purpose of killing pathogens.

Pasteurization was instituted in the 1920s to combat once common diseases passed between cattle and people, which are fortunately now rare. Pasteurization does kill pathogens, but it also affects the integrity of the milk; pasteurization deactivates enzymes that aid in the digestion of milk, diminishes vitamin content by destroying vitamins C, B6, and B12 and kills beneficial bacteria that help our intestines absorb nutrients from food.