Why doesn't the UK add Vitamin D to milk as is done in the USA and Canada?

Interesting question. I found this, which is not really a solid reason. Someone else might find something better. "Milk contains added vitamin D in the USA but not in the UK. Most people in the UK get most of their vitamin D from exposure of the skin to sunlight. The average person has enough vitamin D stored in their body to last for two or three years."

Seriously. The UK needs to start thinking about nutrition and health of its people. There's so many fat people in the UK and everyone's so healthy in the US.

In the UK we like real un messed with food not the interfered with by government sort.

Isn't it already in there? Why is it humans are the only animal to drink another's milk?

I don't think there is any need to add vit D to milk. The best way to get vitamin D is from sunlight. It just sends the message that you can carry on with your crap diet because your milk has the vitamins you need in it. Hey why go outside and get some exercise or fresh air when I can just stay here a watch tv!

if people were educated about nutrients then they would be able to think for themselves without needing them added to their food.i for one live in UK but i take vitamin D as a supplement.i don't need it forced on me as i know enough about nutrition to make my OWN decisions!

Because, as an independantly-minded nation, we are against mass medication. We won that war in the '70s when we stopped the government trying to add fluoride to drinking water.

The vitamin D deficiency being experienced by some folk in UK is entirely due to life style and paying too much attention to fad diet nonsense. The best and most efficient method of obtaining vitamin D is to sit in the sun for a few minutes each day during the warm months of the year. This takes care of the vitamin D requirement. In the dark months people, esp. children, should eat a diet rich in dairy products, milk, cream and cheese etc. There is this mad hatred of anything with fat in it and this is resulting in a return of rickets - something unknown even in my childhood of the 1940s. I heard of it then, because the Victorian members of my family back then knew of it and mentioned it, along with such as scarlet fever etc. The group most likely to suffer from a Vit D deficiency are those who wear too many clothes in the warm month and who never sit outside for a few mins each day. These include many kids who spend far too much time indoors and not enough out of doors. There is a school near me and I see the mums drive up with their cars full of kids. The kids get out of the cars and go straight inside the school. In my school days we walked 2 or 3 miles to and from school and spent at least half an hour before start of school racing around the play-ground. Then again at break and lunch and then march home.

Milk and indeed most dairy products are already a very good source for Vitamin D and Calcium. The Problem is in the UK we do not get enough sunlight, especially in the winter months to help our bodies to process the stuff. Because we live our lives indoors in centrally heated comfort we are not exposing ourselves to natural sunlight and fresh air - a vital component for us to get MAXIMUM benefits from Vitamin D. The answer is not in supplements. Though this will help, we really need to examine our lifestyles.