Watering down milk.....

grreatsite2

I water down a 2 pint bottle of semi-skimmed into a 4 pint skimmed bottle, we only really use it for tea and the occasional cereal and no-one's ever said anything!

oystercatcher

I was telling my DH about how people put a big glug of water into their milk to make it go further and he's started doing it, the boys haven't noticed at all ! They are huge teens so don't need the nourishment. They often glug down huge glasses of it in the evenings.
I don't touch the revolting stuff so don't care what they do with it, much better if I don't have to buy as much!

Oystercatcher

Austin_Allegro

I always dilute full fat milk 50%. It tastes to me just like semi-skimmed.

I'm cutting back on milk now anyway, as I'm making porridge with water and drinking herbal teas.

pinkie_pie

We always buy cravendale milk as it lasts longer, although I know shops have own brands of filtered milk but after a bad experience at tescos I've stuck to cravendale.

If I water it down, ie buy whole milk instead of my usual semi skimmed, do I water it 50/50? And will it still last longer or will it reduce that?

thriftlady_2

Semi skimmed milk isn't watered down whole milk. It has had some of the fat removed. If you want to water milk down then it really doesn't matter what kind you do it to. Whichever you will be compromising the nutritional profile of a wholesome natural food particularly if you replace as much as 50% of it with water.

If you want it to last longer either buy less of it more often -a pint every other day for example or put some in the freezer.

Pink.

Hi snowedunderitall,

There is an earlier thread discussing watering down milk that should help so I've added your post to it to keep the replies and suggestions together.

Pink

thisuseridistakenagain

I always put water in my milk. OH likes full fat and im trying to keep the fat down lol so i put some in a spare bottle to use with water for me. saves buying two bottles of different types.

patchwork_cat

I am sure that what I am about to say is contentious, but I am very concerned at the watering down of milk that is advocated. When milk is altered from whole milk to skimmed for example, they don't add water, but remove fat. By watering down milk the nutrient content is being halved.

I have heard about watering down milk, but adding skimmed milk powder to replace some of the lost nutrients, but the taste is more acceptable to some than just powdered skimmed milk.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/healthy_dairy.shtml
details calcium requirements for children and teens. Contrary to popular believe a teenage boy has a higher requirement for calcium than the same age girl. At 1000 mg per day that is more than a pint of milk a day (the US also say that teen boys need 1200 - 1500 mg of milk per day) calcium content of dairy

Dairy is also thought to be involved in controlling weight. Watering down Evap is however a different story and is a cheap option.

thriftlady_2

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I am sure that what I am about to say is contentious, but I am very concerned at the watering down of milk that is advocated. When milk is altered from whole milk to skimmed for example, they don't add water, but remove fat. By watering down milk the nutrient content is being halved.
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I agree wholeheartedly :T If you are an adult who only takes milk in hot drinks then fair enough water it down (if you must) but when milk is being taken as a food then don't mess with it. I don't even like it to have the fat removed.

Bitsy_Beans

I confess it's not something I would do myself but those that I know do it ONLY give it to adults and never children.