Freezing Milk

aChicken

I put some milk in the freezer yesterday and now it looks yellow and weird...is this normal? one is semi skimmed, the other is full fat and they are both yellow-ish

Browntoa

yes, thats normal...

looks fine when you defrost it

carly

Yep, like Browntoa say its normal (looks vile though, doesnt it ). i recommend you shake it before you use it as it seems to me to be thinner at the top after freezing.

aChicken

phew! thanks, I was a little worried, never frozen milk before!

emilyt

Your milk will be fine. I remember when we used to be told we couldn't freeze milk. I always freeze a couple of bottles. Like Carly says just shake it well.-

LJM

hi i always keep marvel in for the breadmaker so if we were desperate id just make a pint up to me it doesnt taste any different

furndire

tina68 wrote:

Hi, Can anybody tell me if i can open freeze milk. .ie: in ice cube tray..i am getting sooooooooooooooo fed up of son and his girlfriend using it up and not bothering to replace when i'm out at work or when i get up in the morning, i even buoght UHT and they found it
Tina x

After having to wait for a full bottle of milk to defrost last week, I have decided that I am going to break five litres into more manageable amounts. I reckon ice cubes would be a great idea, as I don't like drinks that are too hot anyway - so one ice cube would work well in a drink.
I already do that with fruit juice, and if I don't use a full lemon/lime at a time, I squeeze the juice out and freeze it - also freeze the zest of lemons, lime, and oranges. Sorry I digress.

dreams_R_free

Hi all. I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend weather.

Just a query that may have already been dealt with elsewhere, if so, sorry:o
We live in the middle of nowhere and our nearest 'cheaper' supermarkets are 14 miles away. The local village shops have closed except one 4 miles away whose prices are exorbitant:eek:, and there is no longer a milkman delivering.
I'd like to stock up on milk when I'm doing my monthly shop but am not sure if freezing it is possible.

I saw adverts for Cravendale milk which says it is freezable, but it isn't available where I shop. I tried freezing one of the smallest-size plastic bottles of semi-skimmed milk on Friday but it seems to have turned a yellowish colour in the bottle. I haven't thawed it yet to see if it tastes OK but it certainly looks strange:eek:

I've read on MSE somewhere about people freezing milk. Is semi-skimmed OK for this and does it go a funny colour usually?

All advice very gratefully received. Will be doing monthly shop later this week and would like to stock up on milk!!!

tru

Yes you can freeze it, it goes a bit yellow because it separates, when it's defrosted give it a shake and it'll be fine.

full-time-mum

I also freeze milk - it is worth having a few pint cartons in store as well as the larger cartons in case of emergencies - ie:you forget to get them out in time