Why is fatter milk more expensive?

[thirtythree]

HMM?

 

[msparish]

Because if you take the fat out of the milk, you can sell it as other products. Therefore, you're still making the same amount (or even more) with skim milk at a lower price as you are with whole milk at a higher price.

 

[sswingle]

More expensive because its less watered down would be my guess. All our milk here is the same price though.

 

[Midlander]

Same price around here (Michigan), unless you are talking about cream. 🙂

 

[JohnPaul]

I'm thinking because it is less watered down, which means they need more of it per gallon. I cannot drink anything but whole milk, lowfat, 2% and 1% taste absolutely horrid and as if they are already bad, as in curdled. JMH.

 

[jagec]

Because it's better.

 

[jfall]

2% ftw

 

[techs]

Where I live all milk is the same price. However, since they can use the milkfat they take out of milk to make butter the milk producers make more money on a gallon of milk they turn into lowfat milk and butter.
As to lasting longer, I have not heard that high fat milk lasts longer, but I do know that cream does last longer than milk so perhaps the fat does retard spoilage.

 

[huberm]

he said retard. hehe

 

[FeuerFrei]

Fatter milk is more expensive because it is a lot more popular than skim.

They have to drop the price on non-fat to get it to sell in decent quantities.

 

[Xylitol]

I guess fat is addictive? Or so most of Americans say 😛
(Yes i am American)

 

[biggestmuff]

I didn't know we had so many talking and typing baby calves registered here. 😉

 

[Siddhartha]

Fat has been considered to be of higher value because of its higher energy content compared to the other components of milk.

9 calories per gram of fat
4 calories per gram of protein and lactose

 

[KBeee]

1. Take milk from cow
2. Skim off cream
3. Sell cream
4. Sell skimmed milk as lower fat
5. Sell full fat milk as milk + cream (which is what it is)

 

[sandmanwake]

Why isn't goat's milk more popular? It's more digestable for humans than cow's milk afterall.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: sandmanwake
Why isn't goat's milk more popular? It's more digestable for humans than cow's milk afterall.

maybe there aren't a lot of goat farms?


anyway, good solid replies here.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
More expensive because its less watered down would be my guess. All our milk here is the same price though.

Water isn't added to make Skim milk.

 

[Lounatik]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
More expensive because its less watered down would be my guess. All our milk here is the same price though.

Water isn't added to make Skim milk.

It actually is added to 1 and 2% though.


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Lounatik