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It is frozen. This can be done for cow milk as well. It changes the taste of cow's milk and (probably) changes the taste of breast milk. It's not commonly done
by matthewmcg 10y ago
It is frozen. This can be done for cow milk as well. It changes the taste of cow's milk and (probably) changes the taste of breast milk.
It's not commonly done for cow's milk because (1) fresh milk is usually readily available and (2) adults will complain about the taste.
With breast milk, the supply is more limited and an infant won't tell you the taste is off (but they might refuse to drink it!).
- bllguo 10y agoSeems obvious in retrospect. Wonder if the freezing adversely affects anything? Probably not.
- balls187 10y agoThe freezing process of breastmilk does destroy some of the nutrients, making it less nutritious than an infant feeding directly on breast.
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- rafaelm 10y agoFrom my short (3 month experience) , refrigerated milk will take on a "soapy" smell and flavor. From what I've read, this is due to the enzyme lipase and can be removed by heating the milk. My baby will sometimes refuse to drink it at first but then I guess hunger takes over and she downs the whole thing.
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoMy kids as babies has all sorts of reason to refuse my wife's milk for all sorts of reasons, not that we could ever be certain what it was but it seemed somedays they didn't like what she ate that day, if it was pumped and stored and reheated the temperature wasn't precisely right, etc. But yeah, in the end when that's all that's on the menu... hunger takes over :-)
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoheating before freezing might kill lipase activity, but heating after thawing won't turn soap back into fat
- eli 10y agoThis only occurs for a minority of women.