Milk in Plastic Containers

Lawnkiller

Why is it that Snowcream and Avonmore milk in the plastic containers tastes weird but milk from Aldi and Tesco in plastic containers has no such taste? Bearing in mind snow cream and Avonmore specialize in dairy products!

judeboy101

Have you tried blind tasting just to be sure?

wonski

Lawnkiller wrote: »

Why is it that Snowcream and Avonmore milk in the plastic containers tastes weird but milk from Aldi and Tesco in plastic containers has no such taste? Bearing in mind snow cream and Avonmore specialize in dairy products!

Bear in mind that while Aldi and Tesco don't specialize in dairy products, their suppliers are very likely Avonmore and the likes.

I found all milk is the same, now there could be small differences, but they all come from few places anyway.

Graces7

Only thing I can think is that the Aldi /LIDL will sell more and faster than the other brands? So they will be fresher?

wonski

Graces7 wrote: »

Only thing I can think is that the Aldi /LIDL will sell more and faster than the other brands? So they will be fresher?

Or stored correctly. The weird taste could indicate it was stored together with some products that could affect the taste. Plastic can store some fragrances, if the op drinks straight from the bottle that could be it.

wonski

sugarman wrote: »

Theres a horrible taste off the Avonmore in a plastic jug. It's fine in tea or coffee, but you can seriously taste it in a bowl of cereal or a glass of milk. It's 100% the container, I've bought it in too many places to be anything else.

Strange, at least you know what brand to avoid.

I mostly get milk in plastic bottles from local Centra and no issues. Will try Avonmore when I get a chance and see if it is any different.

the beer revolu

I've recently observed that milk seems to last way longer in a tetrapac carton than in a plastic bottle.

machiavellianme

sugarman wrote: »

Theres a horrible taste off the Avonmore in a plastic jug. It's fine in tea or coffee, but you can seriously taste it in a bowl of cereal or a glass of milk. It's 100% the container, I've bought it in too many places to be anything else.

It's not the container. I agree that it is vile on cornflakes and its the reason I only ever buy milk in tetra paks but I grew up on a dairy farm and often refill empty plastic milk containers with fresh unpasteurised cows milk when I'm home. I can confirm that the same weird acidic taste doesn't exist for the reused containers.

BabysCoffee

I would imagine tetra pack keeps the milk fresher than bottles as milk does not light. Light effect on milk can cause flavour change

sugarman

sugarman wrote: »

Theres a horrible taste off the Avonmore in a plastic jug. It's fine in tea or coffee, but you can seriously taste it in a bowl of cereal or a glass of milk. It's 100% the container, I've bought it in too many places to be anything else.

It’s possibly a change in the cows diet. I grew up on a small dairy farm and could always tell when their diet was changed, eg from grass to silage.

machiavellianme

Deleted User wrote: »

It’s possibly a change in the cows diet. I grew up on a small dairy farm and could always tell when their diet was changed, eg from grass to silage.

No, this taste occurs all year round. I reckon it's something to do with the homogenisation and bottling process. Possibly put into the container when still warm or something and causes a reaction with the plastic.

L1011

Plastic bottles let UV through which affects the milk. Tetrapacs were specifically designed to block UV. They're just dearer and not very structutally stable when make bigger than about 1.5l whereas there's 3l plastic bottles available here and much larger elsewhere