Milk expiration date

[jp4995]

I always find that milk in the standard plastic jugs has an "off" smell to me after a few days of being open. My husband says he can't tell a difference and keeps drinking it. I think I have a more sensitive nose than he does, plus I hate the "plasticky" smell that the milk gets after sitting in the carton.

Have you checked your refridgerator temperature? It should be below 40 degrees F. If it's above that, your food will spoil faster. Also, the fridge doors are the warmest place, so if you store your milk in the door it will go bad faster (unless you have one of those nifty enclosed shelves that have cold air blown directly into it to keep milk cold).

[7rider]

Also, the fridge doors are the warmest place, so if you store your milk in the door it will go bad faster (unless you have one of those nifty enclosed shelves that have cold air blown directly into it to keep milk cold).

Fridge temp is about 36-38, and we do have one of those enclosed compartments on the door where the cold air is blown directly in.
It's a pretty fancy fridge, so far as fridges go!

[Catrin]

This is good to know about Horizon milk. I drink a LOT of milk, though perhaps not as much as Tuckervill's son. I have pondered moving to organic milk in the past, I think I will give it a try!

[tulip]

organic milk just tastes so much better. And if you go to looking into what's in non-organic milk, it'll make you cringe. Some folks consider all dairy a bad thing, but I happen to like it, particularly chocolate milk after a hard ride. It's the best recovery drink for me. And if I start to bonk, nothing brings me back like chocolate milk and potato chips. That combo has saved me twice.

[Crankin]

We've been buying Hood's (local brand) ultra pasteurized milk for years. My half gallon of skim is often around for a month, since I rarely use it (cereal and coffee once in awhile). DH buys one half gallon a week of 1%. In the summer, I buy the skim chocolate milk for a recovery drink. It's not organic, though. I have, on occasion bought the organic ultra pasteurized when I was at the farm market or health food store, but it was unbelievably expensive. For someone like me, who can barely stand the taste or smell of milk, it wasn't worth it.

[abejita]

+1 on organic milk tasting better!

[Catrin]

I just bought 2 half-gallons of Horizons skim milk and a half-gallon of low-fat chocolate milk It will be interesting to see if the skim milk tastes better...I drink so much of it and I have such a low "fat budget" per day (from nutritionist) that I pretty much have to drink skim. I've long since adjusted to it as long as I don't drink milk with a higher fat content.

added> Oh My That is Good - especially the Horizons Organic low-fat chocolate milk