Milk is no longer milk!
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Did you notice, like I did, that milk seems to be a tad more diluted these days? My favourite brand of Skim Choc Milk does seem to become more and more watery, compared to its creamier texture when I first bought the milk about two years ago. (I'm lactose-intolerant, btw, but I seem to have slowly re-conditioned my body to accept skim chocolate milk and other dairy-based products without suffering for it later!
)Here's why our milk seems to be more diluted and watered down :
The Secret Ingredient in Milk We Don't Know About
As a child we were told to always drink lots of milk to make sure our bodies would grow tall and strong.
But little did we know that much of the milk on our supermarket shelves have been modified with a secret ingredient the milk industry doesn't want us to know about.
The mystery substance the major companies are adding is called permeate.
The cheaper substance can make up as much as 12 percent of milk depending on the brand.
So what exactly is permeate?
"It's a by-product that's made during the manufacture of dairy products. They actually make skim milk out of it," farmer Paul Weir said.
"But what the major companies are doing is adding this stuff back into full cream milk. The effect is to dilute the milk and make more of it. And you and I have no idea if we're drinking it."
So which two companies admit to using permeate?
National Foods- which make Pura Milk and Dairy Farmers.
Both companies also make the generic brand milk for both supermarket chains.
Milk from the farm costs processors about 50 cents a litre, while permeate costs only half that amount - just 18 cents a litre.
Head to this website, where the article was extracted from, and watch the video. Unfortunately, you have to tolerate a short advertisement before being allowed to view the clip.
The Secret Ingredient in Milk We Don't Know About
How unscrupulous can the big corporations get? How low can they stoop to just for profits?
I can't believe that it's not even listed in the food labels! -
If i living in a kampung i would buy a cow and suck the milk out of her fresh!!
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I am sucking fresh milk from live cows at this very moment.
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Originally posted by sand king:
If i living in a kampung i would buy a cow and suck the milk out of her fresh!!
Yeeeks!! 
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i thought they added water to dilute it zzz.
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talking about it...the magnolia fresh milk i used to drink (and my ex-dog loved it), seems somehow watery too..
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put the cow into your fridge lor
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i find magnolia taste "pure"...HL the worst...
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Funny that human is the only living creature that still drink milk after reaching adulthood.
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cats also leh..at least, my cat last time
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cats milk anyone ? thats why i love cats.. hahha
lol
those cats.. he he.. -
Go drink full cream milk lol. Dont drink low fat milk anymore.
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Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
talking about it...the magnolia fresh milk i used to drink (and my ex-dog loved it), seems somehow watery too..
You must be a follower... people say then you also think so...
Anyway, I thought milk is supposed to be watery...
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Originally posted by caleb_chiang:
You must be a follower... people say then you also think so...Anyway, I thought milk is supposed to be watery...
yip....i will follow you.................. -
Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:
talking about it...the magnolia fresh milk i used to drink (and my ex-dog loved it), seems somehow watery too..
you probably killed your dog..
dogs are mostly lactose intolerant...
just like chocolate is toxic to dogs..
they'll greedily eat up the stuff because of the high content.. just like they'll happily lap up the milk because of the high fat content
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gosh!
what have i been drinking all this while?
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doesn't matter ... I'm lactose intolerant ...
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i woke up
can't wait to eat
got my cereal
boy was i beat!
opened the fridge
to my dismay
there was no milk
my mother will pay!i want some milk!
my coffee grows cold!
i want some milk!
i should have been told! -
I only like fresh soya bean milk. More protein.
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Originally posted by Honeybunz:
I only like fresh soya bean milk. More protein.
uhh.. bunz.. too much soy isn't good for you.. soy is loaded with estrogen -
Originally posted by the Bear:
uhh.. bunz.. too much soy isn't good for you.. soy is loaded with estrogendon't drink it everyday.. but perhaps once every 2 weeks or so should be alright?
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Originally posted by bluejuice:
don't drink it everyday.. but perhaps once every 2 weeks or so should be alright?
yah.. it's okay but not too muchjust ask fatum
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Originally posted by the Bear:
i woke up
can't wait to eat
got my cereal
boy was i beat!
opened the fridge
to my dismay
there was no milk
my mother will pay!i want some milk!
my coffee grows cold!
i want some milk!
i should have been told!
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why -
Originally posted by Master -_-:
i find magnolia taste "pure"...HL the worst...
OMG someone else who agrees with me HL is the worst tasting milk ever!!! -
Originally posted by elindra:
OMG someone else who agrees with me HL is the worst tasting milk ever!!!
it's not even fresh milk.. I still remembered their promoter trying to promote saying w/ fresh milk