Farmer produces the world's most expensive milk - from horses costing £13 a pint

Farmer produces the world's most expensive milk - from horses costing £13 a pint

A British farmer produces the world's most expensive milk - from horses and costing £13 a pint. Frank Shellard, 67, runs the only farm in UK to commercially produce the alternative dairy product - which costs £24 a litre.

His family business Combe Hay Mare's Milk has eleven mares producing 12 to 14 litres a day to make milk, hand cream and lotion. Frank, from Bath , Somerset, said he got the idea to cure his daughter's eczema which cleared up with horse milk and lotion.

The mare's milk sells for £24 a litre - or £6.50 for a 250ml bottle. The businessman is urging people to consider mare's milk for health benefits but said it was tricky to get people to try. Frank said: "The British are difficult people to