Why full-fat milk and dairy was better for us all along
TikTok, once a haven for vegans, is teeming with wide-eyed influencers extolling the benefits of whole dairy.
“It’s the young people, apparently,” said the elderly man at my elbow, crouched − like I was − on the floor of Waitrose, looking mournfully at the shelf where the whole milk should be. Not for the first time that week it was bare, bar one small, lonely bottle.
“They buy it as soon as it comes in. They’ve found out about it on TikTok, that video thing,” he continued. We straightened up − he with an ease that suggested whole milk was not new to his joints − and discussed the merits of this full-fat fad which at that moment was frustrating our shopping lists.
