Editing Milk

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| name = Milk
| image = Milk.png|Milk
| description = Milk from an animal.
<!-- Base Stats -->
| type = Food
| type2 = Raw food
| hp = 60
| deterioration = 10
| marketvalue = 1.9
| mass base = 0.045
| flammability = 0.2
| stack limit = 75
| path cost = 14
<!-- Nutrition -->
| taste = raw
| food poison chance = 0.02
| nutrition = 0.05
| days to rot = 14
<!-- Technical -->
| preferability = RawTasty
}}
'''Milk''' is an [[Animals#Products|animal product]] and [[raw food]] obtained from tamed adult female [[animals]] of certain species only. Raw consumption of milk does not cause negative thoughts and it counts as a meat ingredient for [[meals]] that require meat specifically.

== Acquisition ==
Milk is produced when a [[Work#Handle|animal handler]] milks a tamed adult female [[animals]] of a milkable species. The amount obtained depends on the Milk Amount of the milked animal, as well as the [[Animal Gather Yield]] of the handler. Handlers will milk animals when they are ready, producing milk which will then be left on the ground. Each animal can be milked at a frequency dependent on the species in question and the [[saturation]] of the animal. Milk production is halved when the animal is hungry, reduced to one third when it is urgently hungry, and completely stopped when the animal is starving.

Milking an animal takes {{Ticks|400}}, regardless of the amount of milk produced, and only modified by the [[Animal Gather Speed]] of the handler.

The following animals produce milk:
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== Summary ==
Milk is a [[raw food]], which means that it can be used as an ingredient for creating [[meals]]. When used in recipes it can be substituted for an amount of meat of equivalent nutrition in meals that require meat, and used in place of any nutrition in vegetarian meals.  

Each unit of milk has a [[nutrition]] of {{P|Nutrition}}, providing {{%|{{P|Nutrition}}}} to a pawn when eaten raw.

Unlike most raw food, it does not cause the {{--|7}} ''"Ate raw food"'' [[thought]] when consumed without cooking it into a meal. However, like all raw food, it retains the flat 2% chance of causing [[food poisoning]] when consumed. This chance is applied per batch of milk consumed - that is, if 10 milk is consumed in one sitting, only a single 2% chance to get food poisoning is rolled, not the 18.3% chance of 10 individual 2% rolls.{{Check Tag|Fact Check|Confirm this correct or is it per unit milk consumed - anecdotally, you would see FP a lot more if it were the latter, but anecdotes are not evidence}}

Milk is one of the few food items that can be consumed by [[babies]].{{BiotechIcon}}

== Analysis ==
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Milk is interchangeable with [[meat]] for meal production and yet can be used as an ingredient in vegetarian meals. Milk has a slightly lower market value of {{Icon Small|silver||{{P|Market Value Base}}}} vs meat's {{Icon Small|silver||{{Q|Meat|Market Value Base}}}}, weighs more at {{P|Mass Base}} kg vs {{Q|Meat|Mass Base}} kg, can be eaten raw without penalty, and lasts {{P|Days To Start Rot Base}} days before spoiling instead of {{Q|Meat|Days To Start Rot Base}}. Thus it is advantageous to sell your meat before your milk if you have an excess, and to buy milk from traders that come to you. For taking with your own caravans, meat is preferable due to its lower weight, so long as refrigeration isn't a problem, such as during winter or on very short trips, 

To avoid excessive hauling jobs, pen your milk-producing animals in a convenient animal area near your freezer.

For feeding [[babies]], turning milk into [[baby food]] is generally a better option. Baby food is twice as nutrious as raw milk, and when made by a cook, reduces the chance of [[food poisoning]].

== Version history == 
* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Added

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