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Dairy in East and Southeast Asia
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What happened | Japan’s food-composition database; the EU regulation; Japan’s and Malaysia’s guidance; the Central News Agency on Taiwan’s draft; PNAS, AJCN and Clinical Nutrition ESPEN on lactose; China CDC Weekly and the Xinjiang study on brucellosis; the report on China’s guideline; the trade-press report of EFSA’s opinion; Hankook Ilbo. |
| Timeline | The same documents, dated; plus UNESCO’s inscription, the double-skin milk study, Malaysia’s pyramid and the Taiwanese newspaper and broadcaster reports of March and April 2026. |
| The argument | PNAS, AJCN and the Malaysian adults study on lactose; the EU regulation and IPA Europe; the composition database on sugar; China CDC Weekly and PLOS ONE on raw milk; the Chinese and Taiwanese reports, and Hankook Ilbo, on the guideline dispute. |
| What others add | The composition database; the airag, yak milk, yak ghee, dadiah, rushan, dangke and double-skin milk studies; UNESCO; the carabao centre; the Mongolian travel operators; Khymos; the Wikipedia entries on the products, processes and drinks; NutritionInsight and IPA Europe. |
| Conclusion | The composition database; AJCN; the EU regulation and IPA Europe; the yak ghee study; Wikipedia on kashk and creamer; the brucellosis studies; the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Malaysian guidance and reports. |
What the evidence base looks like
- 59Sources used on the page
- 16That are a government’s, a regulator’s or an intergovernmental body’s own text
- 57Read in full; the other two as abstracts
- 32Links approached and refused, or read and not used
| Function | How many | What they are |
|---|---|---|
| State | 16 | Japan’s food-composition database (ten items) and its two ministries’ Food Balance Guide pages, the EU regulation, UNESCO’s inscription, Malaysia’s food pyramid and the Philippine carabao centre’s brochure. |
| Reference | 28 | Fourteen peer-reviewed papers, two of them read as abstracts, and fourteen Wikipedia entries. |
| Reporting | 11 | The national news agency, newspapers, a broadcaster and magazines in Taiwan, China and South Korea, and one trade-press report. |
| Vendor | 3 | An industry association on the outcome of its members’ claims, and two travel operators describing Mongolian dairy. |
| Community | 1 | A food-science blog on ginger milk curd. |
| Origin | 0 | None. The subject is a class of foods, not one party’s account. |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing