Snack News: PETA Asks Ben & Jerry’s to Make Ice Cream with Human Breast Milk
United Press International (UPI) reports that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has formally asked the makers of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to use human breast milk instead of cow’s milk in all of their products.
The PETA statement reads “[the] request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for much of the cow’s milk in the food he serves.” The letter also says “the fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn’t make sense. Everyone knows that ‘the breast is best,’ so Ben & Jerry’s could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch.”
The folks at Ben & Jerry’s declined the idea and in a statement said, “We applaud PETA’s novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother’s milk is best used for her child.”
The mere mention of using breast milk in ice cream raises all sorts of possibilities for new flavor names: Lactating Lemon, Boob-berries and Cream… oh, I just can’t go on without offending a whole Double-D-cupful of people.
I love Ben & Jerry’s, by the way, and as a baby I loved breast milk, or so I’m told.
4 Comments
Starcasm on September 29th, 2008
PETA must have felt ignored lately, what, with the election and the
financial crisis and whatnot.
Good job on shocking their way into some readable news items.
Jim on September 29th, 2008
It’s all cheesecake! Mmmm….
ag_princess10 on September 9th, 2009
Unbelievable. Our nation’s dairy farmers are already suffering enough with poor milk prices and losing too much money to the ‘middle man’. And now PETA finds a way to make their situation even worse.
Stealing milk from a baby cow? Ha.
Before people go accusing the dairy industry and it’s production, I suggest you visit your local dairy farmer and see what’s really done.
Anne on September 29th, 2008
Gives a new meaning to the title: Moooooooooom. I’d hate to be on that milk production line, thank you!