I can't afford my favourite milk anymore.

[gsdx]

I love Lactancia milk. I used to buy it occasionally when it was $5.49 for 4 litres. I bought it a little less often when it went up to $5.79. I was going to treat myself for Christmas, but it is now $6.99.

I bought Naturel instead. It's not quite as good, but, like Lactancia, it comes in pretty, blue, clear plastic bags.

 

[chrisw87]

I found their website and it appears to be a normal milk only 'organic'.

Honestly I am lucky to live in Australia with plentiful milk and dairy products and I buy normal everyday full fat milk and usually 2 litres of UHT milk for the cupboard if I run out for coffee etc (I only get to shop once a fortnight).

Do you need to buy this brand? what is the advantage of buying it? and that price is still decent!

For store-brand under-priced milk (most stores making a loss to get people in for other products) it is still $2-3 for 2 litres here.

A brand name 2 litre fresh milk is usually $3-4Au.

 

[Daximus]

You can't get your favorite milk? Oh noooooooooooooooos!!

 

[gsdx]

I'm assuming it's for lactose-intolerant people which might explain the price.

No. They also make lactose-free milk, but it's a lot more. I buy 2%, but it's very, very good. Naturel has a nice flavour, too, and it's a buck an a half cheaper. Beatrice is the cheapest at $4.59.

 

[onetwothreefour]

I've heard in Canada they call their milk Homo Milk (for homogenized)

 

[gsdx]

I've heard in Canada they call their milk Homo Milk (for homogenized)

Indeed we do:

 

[chrisw87]

Canadian milk has always intrigued me, not because they can label it homo-milk but because it can be bought in a bag...

.... a bag of milk...

It makes sense for waste material reasons considering the size of the 3-litre bottles I purchase. But still... bags.

I was less confused when I bought mcdonalds at the airport travelling to las vegas and they put my regular cup-n-straw style drinks in a bag. No cardboard drink holders there?

 

[JayHawk]

Isnt putting it in a bag simply making more plastic waste which will last thousands of years vice paper waste which returns to nature?

Sorry 'bout your milk. I do understand. I only buy Anderson Erikson around here... it is all about the taste. I have had goats milk in europe and it isnt that bad but it isn't moo juice either.

 

[freefall]

I bought Naturel instead. It's not quite as good, but, like Lactancia, it comes in pretty, blue, clear plastic bags.

You buy milks for the bags?

 

[LilBit]

I prefer the milk from our local dairy. It comes in glass bottles, and it tastes much better than most other brands. But the store closest to me doesn't sell it, and the stores that do sell it require a bus ride, which limits the amount of stuff I can buy when I shop at those stores.

 

[star-warrior]

Vis-a-vis paper carton/plastic bag, the cartons I think are called tetra-pak and they contain a film of plastic or something to stop the milk soaking into the cardboard. Our waste recycling rejects tetra-paks as they've got the plastic stuff in.

It kinda makes sense to use a bag, despite it being prone to piercing, but isn't anything soft like that too? Why then use both paper and plastic in a wrap rather than just the thing that's keeping it from spilling?

I gues we're lucky in the UK for having a plentiful supply of milk from our dairies. We can buy 4 litre Meadow Park milk for £1 (CAD $1.6, US$1.57) in our supermarket down the road. As for taste, it doesn't bother me much, mainly because I rarely drink milk neat if at all....

 

[fetaby]

And to think, in America all food prices are subject to inflation because of the production and distribution methods. Unfortunately, worker wages are not tied into that system of inflation.

 

[fetaby]

organic milk

*titters*

How is any milk inorganic?

I know what is meant behind using the term "organic" in this case, but I really do wish that a more appropriate word would be used.

But with genetically modified crops hybridizing with weeds it's only a matter of time before even that notion of "natural" will be even more of a myth than what it is now.

 

[freefall]

How is any milk inorganic?

A medical running joke

 

[gsdx]

Isnt putting it in a bag simply making more plastic waste which will last thousands of years vice paper waste which returns to nature?

We recycle virtually anything that can be recycled, including milk bags and milk cartons. It doesn't go to landfill.

We're a nation of recyclers.

 

[rareboy]

^ This.

Glass would be great, but that ain't gonna happen.

By the way, we have calculated that we are able to recycle 98% of all 'waste' we produce in our home and business.

 

[gsdx]

I don't think we have a 4 liter package.

As Keeland has shown, the milk comes in a pillow-shaped bag. There are 3 bags in a 4-litre bag of milk. Except for the little plastic clip which closes the large bag, everything is easily recyclable.

The biggest problem with the bags is leakage, but that often happens with cardboard cartons as well.

The other good thing about the bags is that you have complete control of the pouring rate. It all depends upon the size of the hole you snip off the corner. (And I always snip off the opposite corner as well so the bag doesn't collapse.)

 

[unloadonme]

How much of the stuff do you drink gsdx? I use two pints of semi-skimmed a week and that costs less than £1.

 

[blackbeltninja]

All 2% milk that isn't UHT tastes the same to me. I have no regular brand.

-d-

 

[gsdx]

How much of the stuff do you drink gsdx?

Let's just say I never pour sour milk down the drain. I usually buy 2 to 3 bags (8 to 12 litres) per month.