Milk expiration date

[Grog]

It doesn't sound to me like your organic milk is ultra-pasteurized. Was the "box" refrigerated when you bought it? UHT milk would have been NON refrigerated.

I'd say try milk from another grocery store though. I'm suspicious about how they handle their inventory. I can't imagine how it would have anything to do with the organic part of it, unless their "non-organic" version has really weird stuff added. Yuck.

[Pedal Wench]

I've had UHT pasteurized milk from the fresh milk section, in a cardboard carton. One was an organic brand, lactose-free, and the non-organic Lactaid milk is also ultra-pasteurized.

[abejita]

The organic milk that I buy (Horizon) is ultra pasturized in the carton and it is in the refrigerated section of the grocery.

[Tuckervill]

I buy four gallons of Horizon ultra-pastuerized organic milk at Sam's at a time. (I have to drive 30 miles to Sam's.) I have a 6'2" 16 year old boy in the house who drinks a lot of milk. Gallons and gallons of milk. I switched him to organic when he started drinking so much--if he's going to drink so much I want it to be good for him.

I can buy the Horizon in such quantities only because the expiry date is about 6 weeks out when we buy it. It rarely lasts more than 8-10 days, but on occasion he has fallen behind, and the milk has never been less than perfect.

It's always refrigerated, at Sam's and at home.

Karen

[badger]

Grog, my friend went down to Costco in the States and was saying the same thing, how the milk down there has a sell-by date that is like 6 weeks. So, my guess is Canada doesn't sell UHT pasteurized milk.

[Bike Chick]

The things you learn on TE!

[7rider]

Wow!
Thanks.
It is indeed a Horizon organic refrigerated carton (not the shelf-stable cardboard box, Grog) (well, the second carton DH got was "Nature's Promise" - which is the store brand organic line, I think). It is listed as Ultra-Pasteurized. Never gave that a thought.
Thanks for the info! Now I know. Cool.