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What milk can be kept 2 or 3 weeks in the fridge? Is there a special methodology? I never reach that conservation time with milk.
by raphinou 8y ago
What milk can be kept 2 or 3 weeks in the fridge? Is there a special methodology? I never reach that conservation time with milk.
- komali2 8y agoHuh, what country you in? I usually get a solid 2 weeks in California from just regular Safeway or trader Joe's branded milk.
- merlincorey 8y agoOrganic milk seems to last even longer (with longer in the future sell-by dates printed), as well.
- komali2 8y agoOrganic meaning what? Not to be pedantic, but the word doesn't mean anything to me anymore.
- BozeWolf 8y agoFresh bio milk is ok for about 2 weeks here in NL (6deg Celcius fridge). Only a few days after opening it. Unless it is treated with heat. pasteurized or even sterilized milk. But that changes the taste. After a day of four you notice the quality degrades: making cappucino milk foam is more difficult then.
- phreeza 8y agoCan you actually buy unpasteurized milk in NL (except from the farm directly)? I thought there was some sort of EU rule against that.
- icebraining 8y agoThe EU only enforces clear labeling of unpasteurised milk. Member states are free to choose if it can be sold.
- bdcravens 8y agoDepends on the milk. Whole milk keeps longer than 2% or skim, for example.
- nightbrawler 8y agoUltrapasteurized milk (seems typical for organic milk these days) has a very long shelf-life, 3-4 weeks and beyond.
- lostlogin 8y agoIs this the same as UHT milk? If so, I find it has give the milk a taste.
- Topgamer7 8y agoUHT is subject to Maillard Browning. Can change taste and smell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_processing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_process...
- garaboncias2 8y agoyes UHT milk has not preserves the good natural taste, but ESL technology has and it also has 21-28 day life time.
- tgb 8y agoCheck the temperature of where you keep the milk. Some parts of the fridge are warmer than others. Lots of fridges now have spots for milk in the door, but that's probably the warmest spot. Move it to the top back where the cold comes from the freezer if your fridge is like mine.
- blktiger 8y agoI think a lot depends on where you bought the milk from. Our current grocery store milk last much longer than the milk from a previous grocery store. It probably has something to do with temperature in their refrigerator or something.
- dylanz 8y agoLactose free has a lot longer shelf life: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/34884/why-does-lactose-free-milk-last-so-much-longer-than-regular-milk https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/34884/why-does...
- Cyph0n 8y agoI learned this the hard way. Do not buy milk that comes in a plastic jug, as it typically spoils much quicker.
- jacobevelyn 8y agoThis is so so true. Milk in cardboard containers just lasts dramatically longer.
- atoav 8y agoThat is because many of these boxes have a very thin antibacterial coating on the inside (e.g. Silver). In the Alps it has been a century old trick to put a silver spoon into the milk to make it last longer.
- sweden 8y agoUHT milk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_processing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_process... It has a shelf life of months, it's highly popular in southern Europe.
- lorenzhs 8y agoThe article is probably talking about "ESL milk" (extended shelf life), which is most fresh milk sold in Germany nowadays. It doesn't have the change in taste that UHT milk has compared to fresh milk. Because it keeps longer (up to 3-4 weeks) and doesn't taste different, it has replaced most non-ESL milk here.
- riffraff 8y agothat does not need refrigeration either, does it? I've never seen it sold in the fridge area in supermarkets.
- ValentineC 8y agoUHT milk has a shelf life of years as long as the pack's not open. Once the seal has been broken, it should age and spoil at around the same rate as normal pasteurised milk.
- jimnotgym 8y agoSo the real secret is 1) small packages, portion size 2) a way of extracting milk that keeps the contents sealed. Something like a bag-in-box wine container? Then you could do without the fridge completely.... for milk
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- gumby 8y agoA couple of weeks is unremarkable here. I get a carton from the local store. They sell a lot of milk so it likely hasn’t been in the pipe line for long before I get it. Looking at other comments, and FWIW this is non-organic whole milk.
- 0xcafecafe 8y agoOrganic milk here in the US processed using UHT has expiry dates 5-6 weeks in the future. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-organic-milk-lasts-longer/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-organic-m...
- aidenn0 8y agoThe colder it is, the longer it keeps; in the low 40s(F), which is common for the door of a fridge, it keeps about a week; he keeps the milk in the coldest part of his fridge which looks to be ~34F, so 2-3 weeks is believable.
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- pizza 8y agoProbably normal if it's not UHT milk. Also, depending on the time it takes to get it from the shelf in store and take it home (ideally < 2 hours, or < 1 hr on a hot day), it can spoil sooner.