Let's talk about milk baby.......

**Beach Mama** · July 26th, 2012, 12:32 PM

Showing my age again.

Anyhooooo was chatting with DH and we realised the other day that all milk is not created equal. Always just assumed that it milk was milk and then he came across a list of the 7 worst foods you can buy at the supermarket and milk was one.

Soo just wondering what milk you buy, recommend? I don't think we want to go down the almond/soy/rice path, just good old fashioned milk from a cow! Have been buying Permeate free Pura light start, as well as the Pauls organic permeate free but not sure what else we should be looking for and how we know whether it is antibiotic, chemical free.

TIA

**Maruschke** · July 26th, 2012, 12:42 PM

The permeate free thing is marketing gimmick unfortunately. Permeate has been in milk for ages and does no harm.

**jlk** · July 26th, 2012, 12:45 PM

The permeate free thing is marketing gimmick unfortunately. Permeate has been in milk for ages and does no harm.

Yep, that's right

**Maruschke** · July 26th, 2012, 12:48 PM

http://www.news.com.au/business/stop...-1226429041936

**little_O** · July 26th, 2012, 12:52 PM

We buy the bd Paris creek organic milk. It's pasturised not homogenized. I think it tastes so much better and they are certified organic

**little_O** · July 26th, 2012, 12:55 PM

Sorry BD Farm Paris Creek

**STARRYSKY** · July 26th, 2012, 12:58 PM

I try to always buy the BD paris creek milk, or the fleurieu milk (same kinda thing but not sure if its organic or not) the taste is uncomparable to any other supermarket brand milk and even has the cream on top , nom, nom

**Liz** · July 26th, 2012, 12:59 PM

DH is seriously looking into getting us raw milk since pasteurising and homogonising apparently gets rid a lot of the goodness in commercial milk. He's doing a lot of reading on it at the moment.

**jlk** · July 26th, 2012, 01:14 PM

We use raw milk here most of the time

**jlk** · July 26th, 2012, 02:00 PM

Ethical cow treatment?

**LimeSlice** · July 26th, 2012, 02:11 PM

You can buy the bath milk in Melbourne, there are places that deliver it with organic veg etc, look online and you will find it.

**MrsFabuloso** · July 26th, 2012, 02:11 PM

I started this thread a while ago about raw milk. It might give you some interesting reading!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...light=raw+milk

I'd love to be able to get it but living in the sticks I can barely get fresh fruit to eat let alone raw milk!

**Beach Mama** · July 26th, 2012, 06:44 PM

Thanks 3LM - some great info there!

**kateo** · July 26th, 2012, 07:00 PM

I grew up drinking raw milk........in winter warm milk straight from the cow for our weetbix was a treat! I even remember squirting it straight into my mouth when milking. When we found out my brother had asthma I kept milking goats and we drank a fair bit of that. Dad swears it was "past your eyes" as hethe supermarket watched it come into the house each morning !
I now drink goats milk from the supermarket.
By the way it took me ages to get used to the taste of "bought" milk and I am currently trying to work out the logistics of keeping our own milking goat.

**MrsFabuloso** · July 26th, 2012, 07:09 PM

Kateo, warm fresh milk sounds so yummy!!!
I must admit I have never actually tried raw milk, but I just think it would taste so much better, besides the health benefits. I remember as a kid, having the milk man deliver milk in glass bottles, and that milk was so much better tahn store brought milk. It had the cream layer, and was so much thicker and richer.