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So we got smarter in the last 20+ years. Stores still don't carry whole milk in canada.

by nullorempty 5mo ago

monkpit 5mo ago
3.25% is whole milk, they absolutely sell it in Canada.
lunatuna 5mo ago
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- perdenie 5mo ago
  homo sapiens milk is not naturally homogenized
cosmic_cheese 5mo ago
Interesting, US grocery stores never stopped carrying whole milk. It was readily available amidst the 90s fat panic. It’s what my family always bought.
Romanulus 5mo ago
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gucci-on-fleek 5mo ago
I'm in Alberta (Canada), and I just saw some in the grocery store last week. I actually can't recall ever seeing a store without 3.25% milk here. It's usually called "homo(genized) milk" rather than "whole milk", but those two phrases both mean the exact same thing.
- wildzzz 5mo ago
  Whole refers to the fat content and homogenized refers to a process used to better suspend the fat in the milk to prevent separation. Almost all milk you buy is probably homogenized. They don't technically mean the same thing but if the only thing you see is homogenized on the container, it's probably whole milk.
  - gucci-on-fleek 5mo ago
    You are correct that all milk undergoes a homogenization process, but for whatever reason, only 3.25% milk is labelled as "homogenized" in Canada. Even the ingredients/fine-print are like this too, so it's not just a marketing thing [0] [1]. This could be a regional thing though: out east milk typically comes in bags [2], but I'm in the west and have only ever seen milk in bottles, so it wouldn't surprise me if the term for 3.25% milk was different in the east too. [0]: https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-325-homogenized-milk https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-3... [1]: https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-2-partly-skimmed-milk https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-2... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag#Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag#Canada
    - phatskat 5mo ago
      Dating someone in eastern Canada and seeing bagged milk was wild to my American brain - who puts milk in a _bag???_
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So we got smarter in the last 20+ years. Stores still don't carry whole milk in canada.

monkpit 5mo ago

3.25% is whole milk, they absolutely sell it in Canada.

lunatuna 5mo ago

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perdenie 5mo ago
homo sapiens milk is not naturally homogenized

cosmic_cheese 5mo ago

Interesting, US grocery stores never stopped carrying whole milk. It was readily available amidst the 90s fat panic. It’s what my family always bought.

Romanulus 5mo ago

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gucci-on-fleek 5mo ago

I'm in Alberta (Canada), and I just saw some in the grocery store last week. I actually can't recall ever seeing a store without 3.25% milk here. It's usually called "homo(genized) milk" rather than "whole milk", but those two phrases both mean the exact same thing.

wildzzz 5mo ago
Whole refers to the fat content and homogenized refers to a process used to better suspend the fat in the milk to prevent separation. Almost all milk you buy is probably homogenized. They don't technically mean the same thing but if the only thing you see is homogenized on the container, it's probably whole milk.
- gucci-on-fleek 5mo ago
  You are correct that all milk undergoes a homogenization process, but for whatever reason, only 3.25% milk is labelled as "homogenized" in Canada. Even the ingredients/fine-print are like this too, so it's not just a marketing thing [0] [1]. This could be a regional thing though: out east milk typically comes in bags [2], but I'm in the west and have only ever seen milk in bottles, so it wouldn't surprise me if the term for 3.25% milk was different in the east too. [0]: https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-325-homogenized-milk https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-3... [1]: https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-2-partly-skimmed-milk https://www.obviouslygoodmilk.ca/en/products/milks/lucerne-2... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag#Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag#Canada
  - phatskat 5mo ago
    Dating someone in eastern Canada and seeing bagged milk was wild to my American brain - who puts milk in a _bag???_

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