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I have heard the health standard is different, and therefore milk in Canada has better quality, which partially justifies its higher price. Is it true?
I don't know about better quality, but there is something "different" about American milk.
If I go to the show now in Canada, the best before date would be 2 to 3 weeks max. from now, and if you open the milk after a week and a half, 2 weeks it would spoil.
When I lived in the states, the best before date would be 2 months way from the date I purchase date, and the milk would last more than a month open in the fridge.
I don't know about better quality, but there is something "different" about American milk.
If I go to the show now in Canada, the best before date would be 2 to 3 weeks max. from now, and if you open the milk after a week and a half, 2 weeks it would spoil.
When I lived in the states, the best before date would be 2 months way from the date I purchase date, and the milk would last more than a month open in the fridge.
Uh, I think your memory must be off. I've never, ever seen a before date that far out on milk here in the U.S. In fact, what you're describing as being normal in Canada is pretty much what I see here in the U.S.
Uh, I think your memory must be off. I've never, ever seen a before date that far out on milk here in the U.S. In fact, what you're describing as being normal in Canada is pretty much what I see here in the U.S.
Nope, my memory is fine. I specifically remember buying milk in January and it having a best before date in March.
2 month shelf life for regular milk? if they ever did have it they sure dont have it anymore,usually 20 to 22 days is the norm for pasturised milk and around 28 to 30 for the micro filtered milk..
2 month shelf life for regular milk? if they ever did have it they sure dont have it anymore,usually 20 to 22 days is the norm for pasturised milk and around 28 to 30 for the micron filtered milk..
I've noticed this with pork too, it's just a matter of taste really. I went down to the Dominican republic and ate the bacon they have over there, it didn't taste remotely like the bacon I'm used to. It has to do with what the animals are eating. If the cow's being fed properly, obviously you'll yield better results!
I would like to know where you saw that and the brand. I've never seen a before date that far out anywhere in the U.S., and I'm not a youngster.
Nashville,TN. Organic Valley ultra pasteurized milk or Harris Teeter Brand.
Just to add
High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurised milk typically has a refrigerated shelf life of two to three weeks, whereas ultra pasteurised milk can last much longer when refrigerated, sometimes two to three months. When ultra heat treatment (UHT) is combined with sterile handling and container technology (such as aseptic packaging), it can even be stored unrefrigerated for 3–4 months.
It's the same stuff. I joke with my bf that the cows in Canada must command a higher salary, because there's no way that I can see to justify the discrepancy in price.
And, it's not even just the stuff produced in Canada. $7 for a pint of Ben & Jerry's that would be $3-4 here. Yeah, someone's trying to sell you a bill of goods that the quality is better up there.
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if they ever did have it they sure dont have it anymore,usually 20 to 22 days is the norm for pasturised milk and around 28 to 30 for the micro filtered milk..
