Facts about milk

• The average person in the UK drinks 85 litres, or around 150 pints of milk a year
  
  
• 60% of milk is consumed by children and 40% is used on cereal
  
  
• The UK is the third largest milk consumer in the EU, accounting for more than 10% of the total annual output of 143m tonnes
  
  
• 14,552,000 tonnes of milk were produced in the UK in 2006 - that's enough to approximately fill 147 Royal Albert Halls or more than 12 Wembley stadiums
  
  
• More than 60% of all UK liquid milk is distributed via retailers such as supermarkets, rather than doorstep delivery. 20% of doorstep deliveries use plastic milk bottles
  
  
• Free, fresh milk is available to all under-fives in registered nurseries in the UK
  
  
• 44,626 tonnes of milk and yoghurt are consumed by primary school children each year in the UK
  
  
• In 2005/6, approximately 52 litres of semi-skimmed milk were consumer per head in the UK, nearly twice as much as whole milk
  
  
• Semi-skimmed milk is one of only three groups of drinks available in schools, the others being fruit juice and water