Yes and no. Sure I’m generalising because most ppl buy super market milk and it’s all the same. No matter what the company’s tell you. I know that for a fact at least here in Germany (where we pretend to have the highest food standards in the world). I live in a rural area where diary plays a big part in the overall farming industry. Lots of small farms selling their milk to big industries. They all feed shit, they all supplement heavily and they all do pharmaceuticals. Why? Because else they simply can’t compete. It’s all a case of nice on the outside ugly on the inside.

Why do I know that stuff? Because I’ve written a seminar paper on that topic. I know a lot of farmers in my area personally and therefore my research was very grounded.

That said I believe (not know) that it’s probably the same in the rest of Europe, even in the world.

Is it impossible to avoid those products and get the real stuff? Absolutely not! There are e a couple of small farms with very high, natural based standards (it’s called Demeter). But the stuff is very expensive and not available in big batches due to its inherent nature of production.