I would never drink a milk that lasts two weeks. Real food spoils. This must be some liquid plastic.
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 hours agoIt’s a US thing. A gallon of milk will last my family about two weeks, or less if the kids are into baking or cereal that week. I sometimes put a little milk in my coffee or tea, and I occasionally use some for making sauces or marinades. Very rarely will we throw away milk because it has spoiled, but it has happened. Maybe once a year or so, usually because of a power outage or having to travel unexpectedly.
We also have half-gallon plastic jugs which feature the same dent sometimes. When I was a kid, I remember we even had tiny pint-sized jugs for half and half, but I think that was more of a novelty.
Cochise@lemmy.eco.br 11 hours ago
Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Two weeks is an ordinary time for refrigerated pasteurized milk. If you’re used to a shorter timespan, either your milk is unpasteurized, inadequately refrigerated, or you’re at the end of an inefficient distribution chain.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 10 hours ago
Option number 4. The sanitary standards for packaging milk are very high in North America. This drastically reduces the risk of contamination after pasteurization, which allows our milk to last quite a while. It isn’t as sterile as UHT milk, but it tastes more natural.
Rothe@piefed.social 5 hours ago
The sanitary standards for packaging milk are very high in North America.
Well, perhaps used to be. Now the oversight on those kinds of things is gone, and companies can do whatever pleases them. I wouldn’t put my trust in their good faith at all.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Fresh milk that’s been pasteurized and refrigerated should last at least three weeks.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Wait…the rest of the world doesn’t have hard jug gallons? What do they use instead?
marcos@lemmy.world 55 minutes ago
Just to add, in Brazil we usually have 1l cartoons of UHT milk or 1l bags of pasteurized milk.
Pasteurized milk goes bad in 3 days or so, and many people can’t run through the entire 1l in that time. UHT milk will last for a good 2 weeks after opened, so I guess that’s the kind you buy.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Bags
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That…looks so messy! I know there’s no crying over spilled milk, but have you SEEN the price of dairy??? Gotta work a second job just to afford breakfast!
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
How much does milk cost where you live? Maybe it’s just because I live close to the source but milk is around $3 a gallon for me. For another data point eggs are around $2 a dozen, often on sale for $1 (current exchange rates are around 1:1 for dollars to euros for those in euroland)
lung@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You put em bags into a hard pitcher thing you have at home, and cut the corner. So I guess it’s a bit less waste
rollerbang@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That guy REALLY should have put an explanation there. Afaik there’s one province in Canada that still uses bags. Historically (30 years ago) many countries have used bags. Today most use either tetrapak, smaller bottle style plastic (0.25, 0.5, 1.0 litres) or actual bottles.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I miss bag milk. :(
So jealous.
brb@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
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boboliosisjones@feddit.nu 11 hours ago
In Sweden we use 1 to 1,5L cartons.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
In Canada, they use gallon sized plastic bags
RoastedMarshmallow@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’ve lived in various provinces in Canada. West of Ontario I really only see the waxed-paper cartons or the plastic jugs, stores carry both equally. Eastern Canada carries the plastic bags (and everyone has a plastic container at home they place them in after snipping the bag corner) and often the cartons. Bit weird the custom changes across Canada, and coming from the west I was very confused about the bagged milk when I first moved to Ontario.
Maybe someone else can comment on their experiences. I’ve never seen bagged milk in a store in the prairies (but I only lived in major cities).
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 10 hours ago
They had milk in 1.3 L bags (sold in packs of 3 for 4 L) in Manitoba about 35 or 40 years ago.
excursion22@piefed.ca 11 hours ago
Tbh, I haven’t seen bagged milk for quite a while where I live in Canada. It’s typically cartons for 2L or less (though sometimes mini plastic jugs too) and plastic jugs as in OP for 4L.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Still very much a thing in Eastern Canada.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Well, a bag holding 3 x 1.3L bags.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
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Futuristic technologies such as these
X@piefed.world 5 hours ago
What accursed alien unholy wizardry is this burn my eyes burn my eyes
Alsjemenou@lemy.nl 3 hours ago
Square space efficient packaging that you can finish within spoiling time, allowing for fresher products without additives. Easier to pour, packaging easily collapses for easier disposal. Fully printable and recyclable. A superior packaging in every single way.
Cochise@lemmy.eco.br 11 hours ago
One liter (0.26 gl) bottles or boxes.
stoy@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
When I grew up here in Sweden, milk came in these containers:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Brik
The design of milk packaging is quite interesting;
kommerduihag.se/kommer-du-ihag-hur-mjolkpaket-sag…
15 years or so ago the Brik was changed to this:
www.arla.se/artiklar/var-vanligaste-forpackning/
It was apparently done for two reasons:
A smaller version of the tetrahedron style package is still in use for coffee milk.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 11 hours ago
Here in Australia we have:
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1L Jug
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2L Jug
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3L Jug
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1L Tetra Packs (Less common, more often for UHT milk)
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1L Plastic Bottle (Less common, more often for high priced ‘fancy’ shit)
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 2 hours ago
In the U.S. milk comes in half gallon and gallon measures, which look like your 2L and 3L containers, respectively.
Sometimes you will find milk in waxed paper cartons, but that is not the norm. (It’s very common, however, for dairy products that are often bought by pint and quart — typically half and half, heavy cream, or coffee creamers.) Our fancier non-dairy creamers tend to be in tetrapaks, with less expensive (or at least distributed in higher volumes) creamers in plastic bottles.
Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Bags I think.