Tesco Milk- Read the small print!

renegade

I bought 2 bottles of 'Tesco Pure' semi skimmed Milk for the freezer.
It wasn't until I took one out of the Freezer that I noticed the small print words 'Not suitable for home freezing'.
I did not realize that it was Homogonised as it did not say so on the front of the bottle!
Do I now throw the milk away- if so why- what difference does it make to the milk once it has been frozen- will it be safe to use???????

tanith

I hadn't noticed that either, but I find the long dates on the 'Pure' milk mean I don't freeze it anyway , the dates on the ones I bought on Sat are nearly a month hence. sorry I don't know if it would be alright to use it ...

jimbms

Ignore that, we have frozen milk and reused it for years.

dzug1

It will be safe.

There may be a small drop off in flavour that many people wouldn't notice.

It may separate - it will still be safe.

tanith

Just wonder why it actually says on the container thats its 'not suitable for home freezing', I've not seen that on milk before..

dizziblonde

Buy a small one pinter and test it out using that?

Lip_Stick

dizziblonde wrote: »

Buy a small one pinter and test it out using that?

Perhaps they should save money and test the one they've bought, frozen and are enquiring about.

Freddie_Snowbits

I'll get all mine out of the freezer now and give it to my cat (Profanity filter prevents the use of Pu55Y on this site!)

renegade

jimbms wrote: »

Ignore that, we have frozen milk and reused it for years.

Surely, they put the notice on the bottle for some reason? I have been freezing milk for years too, but never seen the new warning on this before!
I have actually tried it, the milk is weaker almost skimmed, but I am still not happy about any health issues that may ensue.

iamana1ias

renegade wrote: »

I bought 2 bottles of 'Tesco Pure' semi skimmed Milk for the freezer.
It wasn't until I took one out of the Freezer that I noticed the small print words 'Not suitable for home freezing'.
I did not realize that it was Homogonised as it did not say so on the front of the bottle!
Do I now throw the milk away- if so why- what difference does it make to the milk once it has been frozen- will it be safe to use???????

Vast majority of milk is homogenised these days. Do you mean it's not homogenised? If so it does go a bit funny after freezing because the fat separates out (being in it's normal state and not spread throughout the milk). Still perfectly usable, just looks a bit yucky!

pelirocco

it says not suitable , thats not the same as do not freeze or else you will die if you drink it