Advocates of raw milk consumption claim that pasteurization reduces milk’s nutritional value and removes health benefits, despite lack of scientific support for the vast majority of these claims. At the same time, experts agree that forgoing pasteurization carries unnecessary health risks.

Raw milk fans say this unprocessed dairy product has health benefits. But food safety experts say that unpasteurized milk is dangerous to consume.

Wellness influencers online claim that raw milk is healthier and safer than the usual pasteurized kind. Here's what health experts say.

"Raw milk is not safe as it contains millions of microbes from the dairy ... Both the CDC and FDA discovered in studies that there were 202 disease outbreaks in the US due to drinking raw milk between 1998 and 2018 – leading to 2,645 illnesses, 228 ...