Buying a litre of milk in Canberra?

I started buying Country Valley milk from the EPIC Farmers Market, but they got kicked out for not being a single producer (I think they process milk from nearby farms too).
So now I buy it from the Spence Grocer instead @ $4.40 for 2L. I think they have 1L bottles too.
Similar price to branded “premium” milks marketed by the massive milk conglomerates, and the farmer makes more money too.
If that isn’t available, I’ll go Canberra Milk Gold (only comes in 1L cartons @ ~$2.00), and if that isn’t available I’ll go the cheapest generic milk.

If you care about organic, look for Highlands Organic, but I’m not sure where they are other than EPIC.

Get your Canberra Milk (any varieties) delivered to your home twice a week by your local milk
(permeate free) – go to contact us and ring the orders number http://www.ccfa.com.au

Pork Hunt said :

Wonder if Canberra Milk will have “Skywhale Milk” anytime soon…?

I’ll drink to that!

Wonder if Canberra Milk will have “Skywhale Milk” anytime soon…?

But it from the farmers market.

rbw said :

More trolling required in this thread.

Humans are the only species on the planet that does two things:
1. Continues to drink milk after they’ve been weened.
2. Drinks the milk of a another species.

When is it finally going to be considered no longer manly to still be sucking at the cows teet?

That’s the best way to drink milk… straight from the udder.

Of course the fat-cat bureaucrats in Canberra have put up so much red tape that my fantasies of suckling on the unpasteurised juice of a cow’s breasts are unable to come true.

Suck it up princesses.

(Comment sponsored by Canberra Milk.)

On a slightlty different note I’ve noticed my local woolies seems to have plenty of home brand milk available all the time, yet the other brands seem to always run out of stock, even though they cost more.
Those cynics among us would think this is done deliberately.

rbw said :

KeenGolfer said :

miz said :

Waiting for Godot, you are wrong about ‘full cream’ milk. ‘Full cream’ is still only 4% fat, which is very low, given that ‘low fat’ is defined as 3% fat.

IMO that’s very misleading. Milk is about 88.5% water and of the remaining 11.5% it’s 3.4% fat. So in reality it’s about 30% fat and if taken by caloric value it’s about 47% fat (figures from Woolies whole milk).

Having said that I drink a litre of the lower fat white stuff every day.

sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you are omitted Milks largest ingredients: blood and pus.

200 million pus cells per liter is considered ‘normal’ and ‘safe’ and ‘acceptable’.

Yummy!

Actually, that figure is not ‘puss cells’ but just cells from he cow, and while used as an indicator of the health of the animal, does not mean what you are suggesting. And the they pasteurize the milk.

Try supabarn it has pauls farmhouse gold 1l extra cream milk or 711 also has diffrent 1 litre milks

Keep at it PH, you’ll have made your own Gentleman’s Milk in no time. 😛

KeenGolfer said :

miz said :

Waiting for Godot, you are wrong about ‘full cream’ milk. ‘Full cream’ is still only 4% fat, which is very low, given that ‘low fat’ is defined as 3% fat.

IMO that’s very misleading. Milk is about 88.5% water and of the remaining 11.5% it’s 3.4% fat. So in reality it’s about 30% fat and if taken by caloric value it’s about 47% fat (figures from Woolies whole milk).

Having said that I drink a litre of the lower fat white stuff every day.

sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you are omitted Milks largest ingredients: blood and pus.

200 million pus cells per liter is considered ‘normal’ and ‘safe’ and ‘acceptable’.

Yummy!

More trolling required in this thread.

Humans are the only species on the planet that does two things:
1. Continues to drink milk after they’ve been weened.
2. Drinks the milk of a another species.

When is it finally going to be considered no longer manly to still be sucking at the cows teet?

miz said :

Waiting for Godot, you are wrong about ‘full cream’ milk. ‘Full cream’ is still only 4% fat, which is very low, given that ‘low fat’ is defined as 3% fat.

IMO that’s very misleading. Milk is about 88.5% water and of the remaining 11.5% it’s 3.4% fat. So in reality it’s about 30% fat and if taken by caloric value it’s about 47% fat (figures from Woolies whole milk).

Having said that I drink a litre of the lower fat white stuff every day.

Waiting For Godot said :

…gives you wind and diarreah.

Yeah but what if I want these things?

troll-sniffer said :

Jethro said :

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the time milk from Woolies at Kippax is slightly off? It’s like it has been left out on the back dock for a bit too long – not lumpy or sour, but just a bit of a funny taste. It has been across brands, so I would assume it’s coming from the store, not the producers.

More often than not it’s symptomatic of milk that has been left in the sun. Direct sunlight somehow affects the proteins within giving the milk an off taste. Not everyone seems to be able to taste the change however. Whether indirect sunlight has any affect I don’t know. You could speak to store manager and get him or her to review the supply chain from the warehouse.

Certain grasses and feeds can taint cow’s milk too …

Jethro said :

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the time milk from Woolies at Kippax is slightly off? It’s like it has been left out on the back dock for a bit too long – not lumpy or sour, but just a bit of a funny taste. It has been across brands, so I would assume it’s coming from the store, not the producers.

More often than not it’s symptomatic of milk that has been left in the sun. Direct sunlight somehow affects the proteins within giving the milk an off taste. Not everyone seems to be able to taste the change however. Whether indirect sunlight has any affect I don’t know. You could speak to store manager and get him or her to review the supply chain from the warehouse.

Jethro said :

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the time milk from Woolies at Kippax is slightly off? It’s like it has been left out on the back dock for a bit too long – not lumpy or sour, but just a bit of a funny taste. It has been across brands, so I would assume it’s coming from the store, not the producers.

That’s my local and never ever noticed it.

2600 said :

Just go to a Milk Bar

…hang on! Canberra doesn’t have any.

We have a lot of wog shops though. When I was growing up they seemed to stock milk, and even made milk shakes. Guess though in this day and age the term wog shop is maybe a little politically incorrect though.

Waiting for Godot, you are wrong about ‘full cream’ milk. ‘Full cream’ is still only 4% fat, which is very low, given that ‘low fat’ is defined as 3% fat. Full cream milk is only full cream in the sense that it contains the natural proportion of fat found in nature, as opposed to milk that has been processed to change that.
Also, I understand that calcium absorption is better when some fat is present in the milk. Can’t find a link for this though.
I personally try to eat things as close to their natural form as possible. Besides, full cream milk is yummy!