Milk

[TarHeelBluze]

So,

The only milk I've seen for sale in the supermarkets is sold unrefrigerated and in boxes that don't reseal. Further, once I buy it and bring it home and refrigerate it, the milk *always* smells a little funny. As a paranoid American, I tend to just toss it out.

What's the deal. I mean, is it safe to drink? Is the smell normal? Is it ok to leave opened in the fridge? And why the hell isn't it refrigerated in the supermarket?

John

 

[jp]

Milk generally comes in bags, not cartons. Check the refrigerated aisles where the yogurt lives. The plastic bags at the bottom are all milk.

 

[fifs2]

So,

The only milk I've seen for sale in the supermarkets is sold unrefrigerated and in boxes that don't reseal. Further, once I buy it and bring it home and refrigerate it, the milk *always* smells a little funny. As a paranoid American, I tend to just toss it out.

What's the deal. I mean, is it safe to drink? Is the smell normal? Is it ok to leave opened in the fridge? And why the hell isn't it refrigerated in the supermarket?

John

Be sure you´re not buying longlife milk which does come unrefrigerated..."normal" mile is available in cartons and bags and is available in all known supermarkets including Coto, Jumbo and Disco...I´ve survived on it for 6 years now so I can guarantee it´s safeeegahhaaaha

 

[jez]

Milk generally comes in bags, not cartons.

Don't forget to buy a jug to put the bag in once it's open. They sell special ones designed for the bags - simple plastic jug, should cost more than AR$10

 

[MizzMarr]

You can buy cartons of milk (whole, 2%, or skim), too, just look on the shelves in the refrigerator sections. They're extremely common.

 

[lwfh]

agree with all of the above, but would also agree that the milk tastes a bit different here. No idea why ...

 

[andebobandy]

Different cows eating different grass = different milk. It's the same as baking bread somewhere that has different flour with different water is going to yield a different loaf.

I am a huge milk drinker, like a glass of milk with dinner kind of milk drinker, and I find the milk here to be different also, but I like it. It's heartier.

I have read about people's distaste for the dairy here and I don't get it. The butter is like Euro butter, amazing and like real churned butter. The cream is thick and rich. The ice cream is amazing. The cheese is a little strange at time, very white, but I don't think that the US really competes very well on an international cheese stage anyway.

In the end, you just gotta eat what you like.

 

[jaime_jensen]

The difference is solely in the pasteurization process (heating process to remove the bacteria). Milk in the cartons is ultra pasteurized, which means it has a shelf life of like 6 months. The carton will read UAT (instead of UHT in the states) somewhere. I believe once you open the UAT and refrigerate you need to drink it within a couple days because you've now altered its state.

Like all foods its a matter of taste as to what you prefer, but for whatever reason I actually prefer the carton milk here to the organic non-fat I buy in the refrigerated section in the states. I find it sweeter or something (shocker something sweet in Argentina!). I've only found two types of non-fat milk here 0% grasas and much of the milk here has a higher fat content than we are used to finding easily in the states.

 

[Cheng]

Be sure you´re not buying longlife milk which does come unrefrigerated..."normal" mile is available in cartons and bags and is available in all known supermarkets including Coto, Jumbo and Disco...I´ve survived on it for 6 years now so I can guarantee it´s safeeegahhaaaha

What's the difference between longlife milk and normal? I've been buying the ones that come unrefrigerated. Is there any difference nutrition wise?

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Seems to be the same but thay keep it more time at a very high temperature.

http://www.milkaut.com.ar/elab_prod/lechelargavida.htm
http://www.milkaut.com.ar/elab_prod/lechepasteurizada.htm