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One more little wrinkle: I don't think I can recall ever seeing semi-skimmed milk priced at a discount to whole milk at retail. Someone's got themselves a nice
by leoc 11y ago
One more little wrinkle: I don't think I can recall ever seeing semi-skimmed milk priced at a discount to whole milk at retail. Someone's got themselves a nice little earner selling off that removed dairy fat.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoInteresting. I wonder if handling of an easily-spoiled food isn't a big enough part of the cost to explain the parity between the whole and skim products.
- leoc 11y agoI assume (I'm not an expert) that it's fairly easily processed into butter, anhydrous milk fat https://www.fonterra.com/au/en/NZMP+Ingredients/Our+Ingredients/Milk+Fats/AMF https://www.fonterra.com/au/en/NZMP+Ingredients/Our+Ingredie... https://www.globaldairytrade.info/en/product-results/anhydrous-milk-fat/ https://www.globaldairytrade.info/en/product-results/anhydro... and other valuable and relatively non-spoiling products.
- kps 11y agoWhole milk is usually 10% – 15% more expensive where I live, though the lower-fat varieties are all priced the same. People in the Natural Golden Age™ didn't generally drink whole milk, either — they skimmed the cream off to use separately.
- leoc 11y ago> Whole milk is usually 10% – 15% more expensive where I live, though the lower-fat varieties are all priced the same. Interesting. That's not the case in the UK http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254656543 http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254656543 http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254656399 http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254656399 or Ireland http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250005508 http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250005508 http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250005606 http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250005606 .
- kaybe 11y agoEvery time I checked, semi-skimmed was at least a few cents cheaper. I only ever checked in Europe though.
- Symbiote 11y agoThere's no difference in price between whole, semi-skimmed (<2%) or skimmed milk at the British supermarkets I checked online (Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi, Waitrose). But I think the price in the supermarket has little to do with the cost. It's a staple food that people remember the price of, and which can be used to tempt people to switch supermarket.