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To say milk is going sour more quickly now?

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DoingJustFine · 04/06/2024 16:17

We get milk from the milkman and it’s going sour every week before the next lot arrives. I was just talking to a friend about this and her milk (from a supermarket) is going sour faster too.

YABU - I haven’t noticed
YANBU - yes, my milk is going off quicker

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Auburngal · 06/06/2024 06:22

@DoingJustFine last summer when I had a rubbish night’s sleep I got up about 2am and heard a vehicle. Looked out the window and it was the milkman. It was mid teens c that night. Plus the direction of sun hits front door.

Their milk must got sour very quickly

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DoingJustFine · 05/06/2024 23:53

Thank you for all your brilliant posts on here.

I had a hideous moment last week. I accidentally ate a mouthful of mouldy bread, then washed my mouth out with a swig of sour milk. Not my best day.

I’ll check the fridge temperature and check when the milkman delivers. We usually bring it inside at around 8am, but the plastic bottles are never very cold so maybe he’s delivering at midnight.

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ssd · 05/06/2024 06:32

MrsSkylerWhite · 04/06/2024 19:37

How long is it usually in the doorstep before you take it in and is the seal intact?
When I was a kid, birds often pecked through the foil tops of the bottles, which would make it sour more quickly.

I remember this, the birds liked the cream bit at the top. And we still drank the milk Shock

ssd · 05/06/2024 06:27

Thats funny, ive noticed this myself recently too. Had to throw out milk kept in the fridge and that never happens

Auburngal · 05/06/2024 06:01

Another thing with milk bought from corner shops. Rubbish dates. You would be lucky to get milk with a week’s shelf life on.

DrCoconut · 05/06/2024 01:50

I liked the idea of glass bottles but the milk was just going off too quickly so we switched back to plastic. I definitely find delivered milk goes off more quickly than supermarket milk too.

Giggorata · 05/06/2024 01:06

We buy 4 pints semi skimmed from the supermarket and it often goes off before the end date.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 05/06/2024 00:44

@CerealPonderer

No more slavery-rape-murder juice for the dc from this very moment.

🤣🐄

CerealPonderer · 05/06/2024 00:42

Maybe try 'milk' that isn't the product of slavery rape and murder? Because you're not a calf. Just a thought

My God. You've convinced me with that well reasoned argument! 👏👏👏

No more slavery-rape-murder juice for the dc from this very moment.

*Edited to say to op - I haven't noticed any difference. My slavery-rape-murder juice (from Lidl) seems to last as long as ever.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 05/06/2024 00:39

QueenBitch666 · 05/06/2024 00:20

Maybe try 'milk' that isn't the product of slavery rape and murder? Because you're not a calf. Just a thought 🤔

So you work for the dairy council, huh?

LiterallyOnFire · 05/06/2024 00:22

You won't convert anyone like that @QueenBitch666

QueenBitch666 · 05/06/2024 00:20

Maybe try 'milk' that isn't the product of slavery rape and murder? Because you're not a calf. Just a thought 🤔

stayathomer · 05/06/2024 00:03

I thought you were going to say you shopped in Aldi!! Aldi milk always goes off well before the due date for us so we stopped buying it- haven’t noticed it anywhere else

Ialwaystry · 05/06/2024 00:01

DoingJustFine · 04/06/2024 16:17

We get milk from the milkman and it’s going sour every week before the next lot arrives. I was just talking to a friend about this and her milk (from a supermarket) is going sour faster too.

YABU - I haven’t noticed
YANBU - yes, my milk is going off quicker

I've started ordering fro.gje milkman a d the store milk goes off so much quicker

YellowLoafers · 04/06/2024 23:59

DoingJustFine · 04/06/2024 16:27

Has anyone else who uses Milk&More noticed their milk is going off quicker?

Yes we have. Over the last 4 weeks or so we’ve had to chuck milk that’s gone off but still in date. We’ve got an insulated milk minder and bring milk in early morning. I contacted milk & more about it, they replied to just they’d let the depot know. We’ve had deliveries for 5 years without issues until recently.

pinkdelight · 04/06/2024 23:22

ours delivers ridiculously early, like 1am so it's lying out until 7am?

Same here with Milk & More - sometimes they've delivered before we've even gone to bed! Like around midnight, instead of early morning like when I was growing up.

crenellations · 04/06/2024 23:21

fieldsofbutterflies · 04/06/2024 19:19

We had this problem a while ago and it was the temperature of the fridge.

We still buy the same milk now (blue from Tesco) and it's fine.

Yep my parents were complaining about the same thing then finally realised the ancient fridge had given up!

LiterallyOnFire · 04/06/2024 23:19

That's what I have had to turn to, though I don't have lactose intolerance. I think there's something about the packaging that keeps it fresher. If milk comes in a container that any light can penetrate, it's gone in less than three days.

I hadn't thought of that. I was assuming it was the lactose itself that went off quickly.

Solmum1964 · 04/06/2024 23:17

Once opened, I never expect milk to last more than a few days - even if it has another week or more on the shelf life.
I do use the sniff test in determining whether it's still ok to use though.
However, my son had a bottle that was (just) past its use by date and that was fine - at least for hot drinks.

OneBadKitty · 04/06/2024 21:34

My milk lasts about 2 weeks before going sour! From Ocado

Keepingittogetherstepbystep · 04/06/2024 21:32

It depends what time it's delivered and how long it's outside before it's brought in.

My milkman delivers just after 2am but the other milkman in the area delivers about 10pm. Milk goes off really quickly if it's humid overnight. A cool box is a perfect idea.

Auburngal · 04/06/2024 21:27

I buy supermarket own brand filtered milk. No issues with sourness even though some bottles last me 8-10 days

Justyouwaitandseeagain · 04/06/2024 20:24

We buy full fat milk and I can't remember the last time we had milk go off. It doesn't hang around though.

Grandplace · 04/06/2024 20:24

Ours lasts longer now. Years ago it would only last a few days.

mathanxiety · 04/06/2024 20:18

LiterallyOnFire · 04/06/2024 16:19

IDK. If true is it to do with distribution timescales?

I drink lactose free dairy milk (from the supermarket fridge) which takes AGES to sour. So that's an option. It tastes no different to any other dairy milk.

That's what I have had to turn to, though I don't have lactose intolerance. I think there's something about the packaging that keeps it fresher. If milk comes in a container that any light can penetrate, it's gone in less than three days.