Posted by
mamadavid
17 yrs ago
Since Farm Milk has temporarily(?) ceased operations, I am looking for another source of fresh skimmed and semi-skimmed milk. The Indonesian brand Greenfields (from Australian cows!) is the only one I've found, and is not reliably stocked at P&S. For the past 12 years I've been wondering why it is that in HK the only skimmed/semi-skimmed products available are "milk drinks", both Australian and local, reconstituted from powder. Does fresh skimmed/semi-skimmed milk exist in Australia? Why does Hong Kong not import it?
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"Why does Hong Kong not import it?"
Presumably some silly law. I agree with you about this. I miss semi-skim milk. The "milk drinks" are just plain gross.
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Also wondering why none of the local companies market it -- they also offer only skimmed "milk drink".
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Pauls, Anchor (NZ) and another brand (can't remember the name) all supply HK with UHT skimmed milk...surely this is better than fresh 'milk drink' crap? I drink it all the time, and can't taste the diff. between it and the skim i got back in Canada...skim milk is basically white water anyway...the flavor is in the fat that is removed...
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I hate UHT milk. Anyone able to answer my question? (Why do the local and Australian brands sell only skimmed and semi-skimmed reconstituted "milk drink" here in Hong Kong, and not fresh skimmed and semi-skimmed milk?)
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"skim milk is basically white water anyway...the flavor is in the fat that is removed..."
Agreed. However I do like semi-skim, which for me strikes a nice compromise. 1½-2% fat is good.
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Isn't the Pura brand Australian fresh milk? That is the brand we buy since being put of the "milk drink" products. Pura is available at our Wellcome and PNS
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Pura markets fresh full cream milk and reconstituted skimmed milk drink. No fresh skimmed or semi-skimmed.
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PURA Slim, fresh milk is available at PNS TaiKoo. Personally, though hubby and I were once advocates of 'fresh only' we soon learned that the quality is often better in a UHT, particularly when we were living in KL. After a while, you can't tell the difference.
Devondale Skim UHT (99.9%) has the best taste by a running mile, full, rich, creamy. Better than fresh skim!
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"PURA Slim, fresh milk is available at PNS TaiKoo. "
Also at Wellcome Repulse Bay, Taste Stanley, Great, CitySuper, etc...
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Pura Slim, although not a UHT product and therefore sold alongside fresh milk in the refrigerated display units, is not fresh milk. It is a reconstituted "milk drink".
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My guess why it is so hard to get fresh milk is that it is expensive to fly in. Fresh milk goes off within a few days / couple weeks. So you have to actually fly it here (think of the carbon footprint). UHT keeps for ages and would therefore be easier and cheaper to be shipped her.
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