Milk is full of sugar. Then why is it not sweet?!

[SleepWhere]

12g of sugar in a cup of milk.

where is the sweetness?! we've all been cheated.

:hmm:

 

[Tristicus]

stfu nub. u no understood milk secrets

 

[artikk]

All sugar is not the same. One would know that from studying biology/chem.

 

[destrekor]

lol.

lactose doesn't taste like sucrose.

 

[Terabyte]

lol.

lactose, the sugar found in milk, is less sweet than sucrose, regular granulated sugar.

fixed

 

[Crono]

Above posters are correct, lactose is not a sweet tasting sugar.

 

[lxskllr]

Above posters are correct, lactose is not a sweet tasting sugar.

That's why I only get Mexican milk with sucrose.

 

[Chaotic42]

Maybe it's because I grew up in the south, but we always called regular milk "sweet milk"

 

[Crono]

Lactaid, a lactose-free brand of milk, is sweet, though, because enzyme (lactase) added converts lactose -> glucose and galactose (two other types of sugar).

Those with lactose intolerance cannot produce sufficient lactase to digest lactose, which leads to indigestion and other nasty GI side effects.

 

[ElFenix]

to me, skim milk tastes a bit sweet and the mouthfeel is very watery. used to 2%.

 

[TraumaRN]

Maybe it's because I grew up in the south, but we always called regular milk "sweet milk"

It used to be called sweet milk to differentiate between so called sweet milk, aka regular milk, and sour milk or buttermilk.

My grandma was from Tennessee, she called buttermilk, just 'milk'. Anything else was 'sweet milk'

 

[mjrpes3]

read up on your carbohydrates, brah

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/carbohydrates.htm

 

[Ika]

sometimes I forget lactose is really a sugar.

 

[destrekor]

fixed

Yeah yeah yeah. I was going the simpleton route.

Could have stated that sucrose (table sugar) is a disaccharide consisting of two saccharides, glucose and fructose.
Lactose (milk sugar) is also a disaccharide, but consists of galactose and glucose. Galactose is not as sweet as either glucose or fructose.

Figured that might bet too much.

 

[destrekor]

sometimes I forget lactose is really a sugar.

That's okay. I apparently forgot starch is a sugar. I know I knew that a year ago, I was tested on that shit.

 

[killster1]

u ever tasted raw milk? Tasted non-fat milk? i get 2% and whole milk gallons every few days

 

[Arkitech]

ughh, milk is so disgusting. Even as a kid I hated milk, I get queasy just watching other people drink it. Blecchhh