{"id":619,"date":"2023-06-06T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=619"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","slug":"got-milk-michigan-to-begin-manfacturing-milk-based-ethanol-fuel-for-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2023\/06\/06\/got-milk-michigan-to-begin-manfacturing-milk-based-ethanol-fuel-for-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Milk? Michigan to Begin Manfacturing Milk-Based Ethanol Fuel for Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The MMPA\u2019s new factory, once completed, will be manufacturing a brand-new type of ethanol fuel for automobiles that is made from byproducts from milk production blended with gasoline.\u00a0File photo: S. Singha, Shutter Stock, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DETROIT, MI – In an interesting and unexpected use for dairy, the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA<\/a>) is reportedly teaming up with Canada\u2019s Dairy Distillery in order to construct a new factory that will be giving the phrase \u201cGot Milk?\u201d <\/em>a whole new meaning to motorists in the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MMPA\u2019s new factory, once completed, will be manufacturing a brand-new type of ethanol fuel<\/a> for automobiles that is made from byproducts from milk production blended with gasoline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, the group is drawing on the expertise of Canada\u2019s Dairy Distillery, which already has considerable experience turning milk into offbeat products. The process that the MMPA will be utilizing to manufacture the milk-based ethanol is already being used by their Canadian company to manufacture a milk-based vodka called Vodkow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MMPA CEO Joe Diglio noted that when making dairy products such as ice cream and cheese, milk is separated into skim and butter fat; this creates a byproduct called milk permeate whey that is very high in lactose sugar. This byproduct can be filtered, concentrated, and then ultimately fermented into ethanol via Dairy Distillery\u2019s process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As strange as this may sound, the idea of utilizing milk byproducts as a source of motor fuel actually has its basis in the energy crisis of the 1970s; however, milk-based ethanol eventually gave way to corn-based ethanol, which was cheaper to produce.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new return to milk-based ethanol comes as companies move to reduce their carbon footprint, as there is very little pollution associated with dairy production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the only factories that can manufacture milk-based ethanol are located in Ireland and New Zealand; the $41 million Michigan factory \u2013 which will be located in the village of Cosntantine \u2013 will be the third once it is up and running, and is slated to produce as much as 2.2 million gallons of ethanol annually from 14,000 tons of permeate whey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DETROIT, MI – In an interesting and unexpected use for dairy, the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) is reportedly teaming up with Canada\u2019s Dairy Distillery in order to construct a new factory that will be giving the phrase \u201cGot Milk?\u201d a whole new meaning to motorists in the state.\u00a0 The MMPA\u2019s new factory, once completed, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-market-updates","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n