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TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Probably most, although the disease likely didn't help.

There's a behind the bastards episode on this, formaldehyde was a popular additive to improve shelf life, as were several other horrible things. Most of the other additives were used to restore color, flavor, and texture after the milk had been diluted so heavily with water.