Comment on No need to boil the ocean

• WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fat content depends on the cow milked. Jersey cows can have up to 4% fat

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right, and at least in the US, I believe “whole milk” is a very specific definition, so the fat content has to be altered to match that.

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• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That percentage point is the total fat content of the milk, not relative to unmodified milk. No cow puts out pure fat.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but “whole milk” (at least in the US) has to fit a specific definition re: fat contents. So they do have to skim it.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay, sure, they skim it. But your original comment was worded a bit badly, the way I read it implied that whole milk contains 3.25% of all the fat that it should if it was truly whole, rather than that it contains 3.25% whereas true whole milk is just slightly more. Some people do believe that whole milk is actually 100% fat which is why I thought it best to correct you.

      I do wonder why they have such a precise requirement for whole milk in the US. Where I live, most whole milk sold is roughly 3.5 to 3.8 percent, and often they actually give a range instead of an exact value on the package. I could buy a carton of milk that says “3.8% to 4.4%” if I wanted to. My personal preference is “whatever’s cheaper, but if whole milk isn’t much more expensive, go for whole”. Usually I use it in food rather than drinking it straight so the flavor doesn’t matter as much to me.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh no, yeah totally. I definitely just misspoke in my original comment, and instead of simply correcting it, I’ve been doubling down and twisting it so it seems like I was right the whole time.

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