Homogonised Milk - what's the difference?

[cocococo]

DS is on full fat cows milk and I try and buy organic as much as poss. But sometimes I run out at the last minute and have to use get an emergency non-organic from the local Tesco - just noticed they only sell Homogonised (sp?) rather than pasteurised. Can anyone tell me what the difference is? Should I be avoiding either one of these? Just wondering!
Thanks a lot!

homogenised milk is also pasteurised. It means that it has been treated so that the cream stays in the milk and doesn't float to the top. Because there's no creamy part it usually keeps longer and you can freeze it, but you can't make butter with it!

Pasteurized milk has been heated to kill bacteria/viruses. There is no health advantage/disadvantage to homogenized milk (as lucy123 said it's just been shaken up violently to make the cream stay mixed with the milk), but imo under no circumstances should you give a small child unpasteurized milk (unless it's been boiled) as there are serious diseases that can be caught from it.

That's funny; I grew up drinking raw cow's milk we had it delivered, although we could buy in many shops, too. It's supposed to have the same benefits as raw human milk ie, anti-bacterial qualities, etc. Of course, nasties may be breeding there, too.

I think it's funny that where I grew up (in the USA) virtually all milk is homogenised (blech), but you can't buy raw milk in the UK.

I grew up on homogenised (pasteurised) milk and it took me ages to get used to that gloop at the top of silver top milk..I now drink semi-skimmed & love it.