A2 milk to earn 2.5p more than regular variety

Supplies of A2 milk in Britain will earn a premium of 2.5p over the standard farm gate milk price which is currently at 28.43p per litre.

Robert Wiseman Dairies is recruiting milk suppliers for their new range of A2 fresh milk products, which will be suitable for consumers who currently avoid dairy because of the digestive discomfort it causes them.

The milk comes from cows specially selected to produce only A2 beta-casein protein, the original milk protein which all dairy cows produced prior to a natural genetic variation which occurred several thousands of years ago, which led to the appearance of A1 beta-casein protein in dairy herds.