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Apr 11, 2017 · Skim milk, full fat, organic, soy, almond, raw milk can be confusing. We look at the dairy aisle and beyond to tell you the difference between milk types.
- Regular or ‘whole milk’ Whole milk is defined as milk with a fat percentage of somewhere between 3.25% and 3.5%. It’s more or less the closest you can get to drinking milk the way it comes from the cow before being processed.
- Reduced-fat milk and low-fat milk. While the terms ‘reduced-fat’ and ‘low-fat’ seem interchangeable, when it comes to milk they actually have separate and distinct meanings.
- Skim milk. Also known as skimmed milk, skim milk is milk with zero fat. Because of its lack of fat, it’s generally thinner than other milks, which some companies combat by adding powdered milk, which can contain carcinogens such as oxidised cholesterol.
- Long-life milk. Also known as UHT (ultra-high temperature) milk, long life milk is milk that is pasteurised at a much higher temperature than regular milk.
Apr 26, 2021 · Look in a supermarket fridge today and the standard blue and yellow-top milks produced by dairy giants are flanked by dazzling array of new artisan milks – you can get everything from Jersey milks to organic milks, and milk containing only the A2 protein.
- Kate King
- Full cream milk. Full cream, or whole milk, is defined as milk with a fat percentage of somewhere between 3.25% and 3.5%. It’s more or less the closest you can get to drinking milk the way it comes from the cow before being processed.
- Reduced-fat milk and low-fat milk. While the terms ‘reduced-fat’ and ‘low-fat’ seem interchangeable, when it comes to milk, they actually have separate and distinct meanings.
- Skim milk. Also known as skimmed milk, skim milk is milk with zero fat. Because of its lack of fat, it’s generally thinner than other milks, which some companies combat by adding powdered milk, which can contain carcinogens such as oxidised cholesterol.
- Long-life milk. Also known as UHT (ultra-high temperature) milk, long-life milk is milk that is pasteurised at a much higher temperature than regular milk.
Many dairies (but not all, by far) choose a variant of blue — from light to dark — to signify that the milk contains less fat but that it’s not low fat.
May 5, 2018 · Lactose-free milk is regular milk – it has the same nine essential nutrients, just without the lactose. Lactose-free milk tastes slightly sweeter than regular milk because the lactose has been broken down into its two simple sugars.
Jan 17, 2024 · Lite milk contains all the same nutrients as regular milk and is made by removing part of the fat in regular milk. For the same volume of milk, lite or low fat milk contains slightly more calcium than full fat milk, as when fat is removed the percentage of calcium increases proportionately.
