>but the rest did taste different/worse than the milk which you can buy in Germany I think this might be the difference in how the cows are raised and how ofte

>but the rest did taste different/worse than the milk which you can buy in Germany I think this might be the difference in how the cows are raised and how often they are milked, perhaps. And their diet. In the US we go for quantity over quality. I don't know about milk but I know that for eggs it makes a HUGE difference. When I lived in Europe they only sold eggs that were higher quality. The yolks were bright orange and the taste was amazing. In the US most of the eggs have pale yellow yolks because of the chickens' diet being mostly corn soy instead of natural grass or whatever chickens eat and they are raised in stressful conditions. The taste is diluted. I mostly buy my eggs straight from the farm here in the US. I can see the chickens when I go, they are wandering around on open pasture. The eggs are like the ones from Europe. In the grocery store buying the ones labelled "free range" gives you similar eggs.