Aussie Cafe Serves Colostrum Smoothies. No Joke!

A cafe in NSW is turning heads with its “nurturing” smoothies that contain colostrum.

The Roadhouse in Byron Bay, serves up smoothies made with the thick, yellow liquid gold, excreted from the mammary glands of mammals straight after they give birth.

Known as the “Colostrum Shake”, the cafe blends up the “cool tonic” with coconut water, for just $8.

According to News.com.au the cafe introduced it’s followers to its colostrum smoothie in an Instagram post, which has since been deleted.

Describing the ingredient as “immune milk”, the Roadhouse claims the colostrum is Mother Nature’s first food for all mammals.

It has been determined that the cafe is referring to cow colostrum, rather than human colostrum, after reading that the shake was “Udderly delicious”.

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Having a quick poke around the interwebs it appears they are certainly not alone with their idea of using colostrum as an ingredient.

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Fehu/ ফেঁহু.. colostrum milk/ cow’s first milk. . . . . . . . #instafood #instafoodie #assam #assamese #assamesefood #assamesecuisine #assamesevillagefood #northeastindia #cowmilk #colostrummilk #firstmilk #fehu #f52grams #foodporn #foodgasm #foodforthought #exoticfood #eeeeeats #igers #doubletap #beautifulcuisines #goodfoodindia #nomnom24x7 #therawtextures #buzzfood #like4like #followq A post shared by Puravee Bordoloi (@on_my_plateee) on Oct 26, 2018 at 9:50pm PDT

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Kharvas – Colostrum Milk Pudding… Yesterday batch of karvas pudding . . . Kharvas is a sweet dessert from Maharashtra. It is super delicious, unique, delicate and immunity booster milk pudding made with colostrum milk, sugar or jaggery and flavored with cardamom powder and nutmeg powder . . . . Names of colostrum milk pudding in different languages Rural English – beestings English – colostrum milk pudding / bovine colostrum pudding Chik or Cheek – Hindi Kharvas / Kharwas – Marathi Keet or Posu – Konkani Pis – Sindhi Ginnu – Kannada Junnu- Telugu Kalvdans – Sweden Kadambu / Seem Paal – Tamil Bari – Gujarati Recipe – will be posted very shortly. #kharvas #kharwas #colostrummilkpudding #colostrummilk #foodblogger #recipe #winterspecial #Mumbaistreetfood #indiansweets #indiandesserts #Mumbaifood #posu #ginnu #seempaal #colostrum #milkpudding #chik #foodblogfeed #recipedeveloper #instafood #indianrecipes #flavorsofindia

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#kharwas #junnu #milkpudding #protien #healthyfood #foodie #fooood #eat #lovetoeat #rawmilk #dessert #indiandessert #colostrummilk #colostrummilkpudding A post shared by Arun Nalam (@arun_nalam) on Mar 1, 2019 at 8:39pm PST

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A sweet that is actually indulging. Get your taste buds tickled by Kharvas King. BADSHAH OF SWEETNESS. #Kharvas #kharvasking #dessert #sweet #colostrum #milkpudding #colostrummilk #healthy #traditionaldessert #nashik

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Colostrum sheep ???? #eastfresiansheep, #eastfresian, #milksheep, #sheepfarm, #dairysheep, #colostrum, #colostrummilk, #colostrummilksheep, #colostrumsheep, #owczasiara

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Milk colostrum pudding! A.K.A. Junnu, Ginnu, Kharvas! . . For those of you who are too urban-chic and don’t know what that is, it is prepared using the colostrum milk that a cow produces for the first few days after it delivers a calf. It is rich in nutrients and absolutely delicious. However, it can’t be consumed unpasteurised or uncooked. . . Prep- The first produce after the new born calf has consumed is diluted with regular whole milk, jaggery, cardamom and pepper powder and steam cooked until firm. Once cooled down to room temperature, chill it in the fridge and gulp it down. . . Fun fact- Junnu at my home doesn’t last for more than a day ???????? . . #milkpudding #colostrummilk #junnu #kharwas #homemade #desserts #desserttable #dessertstagram #dessertstory #dessertrecipe #incredible_india #countrysidelife #countrysideandfarmlife #countryside #mumbaifoodie #gharkakhana #mommadefood #nomnom24x7 #pudding #flan #bakedflan #puddingoats #milkcake #andhrafoodie #dessertmasters #sweetooth #foodgasm #hyderabadfoodie

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37 Comments

- - Frankiielot said
  - 21 Feb 2022
    8:04 pm
Wow… okay, I wonder if it all got deleted because they were being attacked by vegans.
Shouldn’t the calves be having this milk rather than the farmers extracting it ask to make a buck on something they think is different?!
Totally don’t agree with this at all!!!

- - mom367585 said
  - 04 May 2019
    12:04 pm
Interested to know exactly what benefits it would have on adults. I know this is great for babies but I thought that’s as far as it went! Good old Byron Bay!

- - mom101628 said
  - 22 Apr 2019
    10:52 pm
I’ll pass on this – babies need it, not adults.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 23 Mar 2019
    9:44 am
Of course, only in Byron Bay!

- - MrsA said
  - 22 Mar 2019
    9:10 am
I only drink milk in my coffee so I wouldn’t have this. Human colostrum is amazing for baby humans, I imagine cow colostrum is amazing for baby cows.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 20 Mar 2019
    7:12 am
At first I thought it was human colostrum. But either way, why??

- - rovermum said
  - 18 Mar 2019
    8:41 am
Ummm…. why? And, no thanks. What next?

- - LuckyMum said
  - 16 Mar 2019
    7:54 pm
Ummm … no thanks. Not for me ..

- - tessie said
  - 15 Mar 2019
    11:57 am
Ugh no thanks. Wonder if it has been passed by the health department

- - ella12 said
  - 15 Mar 2019
    9:50 am
Um, no, I think I will pass.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 15 Mar 2019
    8:58 am
Ew just too weird.

- - magical_mumma said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    9:22 pm
No.

- - musicmum said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    8:39 pm
Isn’t this great free advertising for them! How disgusting, it is clearly too rich for humans and only contributes to weight gain and clogged arteries.

- - becstalou said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    7:51 pm
Not at all interested in this but I am sure there are people who would be.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    10:42 am
oh right, I thought it was from a human

- - mom81879 said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    10:23 am
This is so different to normal cows milk. This is the calves first vital feed, they need this to boost their immune system. I want to know how these cafes are sourcing the colostrum? I’m picturing lots of babies missing out on what is their right to have just for the latest cuckoo fad 🙁

- - MummaToFive said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    9:31 am
Leave the colostrum for the babies seriously!!! Animals need colostrum too not just human babies!!

- - Ellen said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    5:32 am
When you have no problem drinking cows milk I can’t see why you would have a problem drinking cows colostrum. Sure think it’s healthy. One should consider though which calf mist out on this. Or did the calf go to the butcher ?

- - youngoldlady said
  - 13 Mar 2019
    11:52 pm
Sorry was not brought up on this and the thought of it is not to my liking. It is probably very tasty to have. Does this mean the calves are not getting all they need.

- - mom265671 said
  - 13 Mar 2019
    11:24 pm
I don’t think i cant stomach it just by the sounds of it.