Facts about milk

• The average person in the UK drinks 82 litres, or around 144 pints of milk a year. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• 60% of milk is consumed by children and 40% is used on cereal. (source: Nampak)
  
  
• The EU produces over 130 million tonnes of milk a year. The UK, as the third largest producer, accounts for around 10% of the total. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• UK dairy farmers produce just over 13 billion litres of milk each year. That's enough to approximately fill 131 Royal Albert Halls or more than 10 Wembley stadiums. (source: Dairy UK/Nampak)
  
  
• Almost half of the milk produced on farms in the UK is processed into liquid milk. After liquid milk, the key dairy products are cheese, cream and butter. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• More than 65% of all UK liquid milk is distributed via retailers such as supermarkets. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• 10% of liquid milk is delivered to consumers via doorstep deliveries. The UK’s 9,500 milkmen and women deliver to around 5 million homes every day. (source: findmeamilkman.net)
  
  
• Free, fresh milk is available to all under-fives in registered nurseries in the UK. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• 46,944 tonnes of milk and yoghurt are consumed by primary school children each year in the UK. (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• Approximately 51 litres of semi-skimmed milk are consumed annually per head, more than twice as much as whole milk. (source: Dairy Co)
  
  
• Semi-skimmed milk is one of only three groups of drinks available in schools, the others being fruit juice and water (source: Dairy UK)
  
  
• More than 80% of liquid milk is now sold by retailers in plastic containers, with less than 20% of milk sold in glass bottles or cartons. (source: Dairy UK)