MILK & YOGURT - CAN I GET IT CHEAPER???

kiwichick

Hi All,

Just a quickie, my kids get through about 50 pints a weeks of milk and about 24 pots of fromage frais :eek: . Can I get it cheaper than tesco? I'm from NZ and we get milk powder there, similar to what you give a ababy but in full fat and semi skim types. Lots of mums there use it as it is LOADS cheaper. I havent been able to find it here, am I looking in the wrong place or does it not exist?

Also, to all the owners of yogurt makers out there - are they cheaper? Do your kids eat it, can it be made in any flavour etc? Where is the ebst place to get one?

Thanks All,
Al.

squeaky

You've asked two questions in one post.

Can I suggest you ask about the milk on the Families Board because they'll be well clued up on sources.

As for yoghurt, making your own is practical and fairly easy. The three main threads on yoghurt are:-


yoghurt recipes
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=42804

how to make yoghurt at home
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=83473

Yoghurt - Easiyo or make your own?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=71520

carol_a_3

Yes, ,milk powder is easily found here, usually in the Tea/coffee section of the supermarkets. I haven't made yoghurt for years so will leave that advice for someone else. Happy hunting!

Curry_Queen

How many children have you got to be getting through 50 pints of milk a week??? :eek:

That's a heck of a lot, even if you've got say 5 children! It's not altogether healthy t be drinking so much milk either so have you thought of maybe trying to cut back on it a bit? I'd say a pint a day per child is more than adequate especially if eating other foods high incalcium such as yoghurts and cheese etc.

I found this guideline for calcium intake levels, if it's of any help

Toddlers (age 1-3 years) require about 500mg of calcium each day (about 2 glasses of milk).

Preschool and younger school age children (age 4-8 years) require about 800 mg of calcium each day (about 3 glasses of milk).

Older school age children and teens (age 9-18 years) require about 1300 mg of calcium each day. This higher level of calcium is especially important once they begin puberty (about 4 glasses of milk).


Remember though that they will get calcium from other foods too so it doesn't all need to come from milk

black-saturn

You can buy powdered milk in any supermarket. You usually find it around the same place as where the baking ingredients are. I sometimes buy it as a back up incase I run out of milk and can't get out to the shops.

As for home made yogurt, I have no idea but I might give it a go one day.

chrislee765

Depending on the size of your garden, then try your local farmer for a couple of milking cows. Let them graze your garden:
1. Free Milk
2. No grass to cut
3. Free Manure!

tiredwithtwins

Curry_Queen wrote:

How many children have you got to be getting through 50 pints of milk a week??? :eek:

i have 3 children and we can easily get through that much!!
based on what you stated, 3 kids x 3 glasses (say 250ml per glass) of milk =2250ml a day! thats four pints. plus the extra that goes with cereal (mine are swines for wanting a weetabix at bedtime).
plus if you use any in cooking, say for custard....we easily use a pint of milk on a sunday just for that.
then theres the adults.
my other half drinks lots of coffee....thats more milk.
plus what we use on cereal.
Add the fact that its healthier to drink milk than pop....i know what id rather spend my money on.

(ps.at risk of getting shot down in flames, the op wanted advice, not a lecture on what to give their children)

kiwichick

Cheers "Tiredwithtwins", glad I'm not the only one spending obscene amounts on the white stuff. My kids do like a glass of milk, but will only drink it warm - little buggers.

Do agree with Curry Queen too though, I can't get them to eat enough a tea time cause they know they will get milk before bed so I need to reduce the amount they have really.

Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier if someone else were parent to them all for a week!

Will continue as I am then, although trying to cut down on the bedtime one. The kids are healthy so I suppose thats all that matters

Cheers All.
Al.

Curry_Queen

My post wasn't meant as criticism, or a lecture on what people should give to their children ... I was just a little shocked at the amount of milk her children were getting through per week that's all, and as the OP was asking about ways to reduce the cost of this then one way is to cut down on consumption

Those examples above were just showing the quantity of milk needed to meet the recommended daily calcium intake for a child. Whether the milk is used on cereal, in puddings or just drank in a glass doesn't matter, as the total remains the same. And then of course you get calcium in yoghurts, cheese and other dairy products so that would reduce the amount of milk needed even further

There have been studies done which show excessive milk consumption is unhealthy and can lead to obseity in children, so far from being critical, my comments came from a genuine concern and I wanted to help the OP

gravitytolls

It does seem a lot. We have 7 children, and consume around 20-30 pints a week, depending on the tim eof year, and how much cereal we eat.

As we quite often have beans/egg etc on toast, cereal isn't always a big part of our diets.

But I don't buy squash very often, so only milk and water are available, therefore, during teh summer it's mostly water, in winter more milk and milky drinks.

I didn't know you could get powdered whole milk?
I don't really want to start a debate about the virtues of skimmed versus whole, but I prefer to use foods which have had less inteference. I know it's pasteurised, but I'm sure having the creamremoved is not only poor in taste but poor in nutritional value too.

The same with butter, we avoid low fat spreads, and as recent research has shown, with good reason.

We use a milkman for most of our milk. It is a little dearer, but it's fresh and early 3 days a week. The bottles are immediately recycled, it keeps the dairies open, the milkman in a jobetc.

I consider this to be invaluble, as often the only contact some people have is via milk or posting men.
Whe mu husb was a milkman, he found an elderly lady who'd been lying at the bottom of the stairs for 2 days. She survived, came home, and was very grateful.

One other thing; if I pop int the supermarket to buy milk,. I end up buying othe stuff too, cos it's too goo dan offer not to get it. So in actual fact, the milkman saves me money.

gravitytolls

Ooh, sorry about that, I waffled on a bit; must be this cold._pale_