Alimentos e Nutrição (Dec 2013)
Consumo de leite informal na cidade de Araraquara-SP
Abstract
Brazil is one of the largest milk producers in the world, with an estimated total production of 37 billion liters in 2014, Of this total, 33% is not inspected, being destined for the informal market, Objective: The aim of this study was to collect and analyze data on raw milk consumption in the city of Araraquara (SP, Brazil). Methods: Regular milk consumers were provided with exploratory questionnaires in locations chosen for convenience, The reproducibility of each question was tested by Kappa statistics, Associations of interest were 2 detected by the chi-squared (χ ) or Fisher's exact test. Statistical significance was established when p0.05. Results: Most of the volunteers (97.6%) reported consuming milk daily, the type of milk chosen most, mainly for ease of purchase, being boxed UHT, Regarding raw milk, 15.3% of volunteers said they consume it, the greatest consumption being observed among subjects with complete secondary or higher education, The majority of the participants reported knowing of the possibility of diseases being transmitted by unprocessed milk, Most respondents pointed to "flavor" as the main reason for consumption. Only 15.3% reported that someone in their house had become ill from drinking milk, and only 4.1% attributed this to the ingestion of raw milk, Conclusion: It was found that 15.3% of consumers drink raw milk in the city of Araraquara, which is more than the expected proportion in a medium sized city located in the state of São Paulo.
