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Full fat milk or semi skimmed.

(112 Posts)
Theexwife Mon 19-Feb-24 22:12:01

Skimmed, I only use it in tea. I dont cook much now but if I were to make rice pudding, custard etc or eat cereal I would use full fat.

MissAdventure Mon 19-Feb-24 21:56:52

I find I pretty soon get used to a change in milk, well, when I used to stay at anyone's.
My nan had evaporated milk in her tea!

SueDonim Mon 19-Feb-24 21:55:13

Full fat here. From what I’ve read it seems there is no benefit from semi/skimmed dairy and you lose some of the good stuff like Omega 3.p and some vitamins when you remove the creamier part. According to Prof Tim Spector there’s no good evidence that low fat dairy is any better than full fat.

MissAdventure Mon 19-Feb-24 21:34:46

I'm sort of considering moving away from cows milk, but I'm scared to!
I don't like change

1summer Mon 19-Feb-24 21:32:40

I find skimmed milk too watery and full fat too creamy. So I use semi skimmed or I do like Arla BOB milk (best of both).

MissAdventure Mon 19-Feb-24 21:25:09

I always understood that semi skimmed actually contains more of whatever the good things are, than full fat milk.

Grandmabatty Mon 19-Feb-24 21:03:03

I buy skimmed milk for me and full fat for my grandsons. I find full fat too rich for me, however it seems to last better than skimmed milk

GrannyIvy Mon 19-Feb-24 20:48:47

I prefer skimmed milk in my hot drinks but use whole milk for use in cooking. I don’t eat cereals but if I did probably semi skimmed would need to be bought too !!!

NotSpaghetti Mon 19-Feb-24 20:36:27

Full fat organic pasturised but not homogenised - we don't use much of it in tea and drink coffee black. Semi-skimmed is very sweet in comparison.

M0nica Mon 19-Feb-24 20:36:22

I am mildy lactic intolerant. OK with hard cheese, but milk, yogourt, cottage cheese etc, make me feel ill and sick. The smell of milk makes me feel ill

I use UHT skimmed milk, when I need milk because it is flavourless and odourless, and for obvious reasons i would not swap it for full fat or fresh milk. My DS has the same problem.

However, DD loves milk and in an ideal world would only ever buy or use greentop milk fresh from the farm.

Calendargirl Mon 19-Feb-24 20:31:53

I used to have skimmed, then a while ago, Tesco didn’t have any.

Had to buy semi skimmed, porridge and cocoa so much nicer, so kept on with it.

Think full fat would be too much though.

Sago Mon 19-Feb-24 20:26:06

Lots of celebrities, rugby clubs and of course dairy farmers are extolling the benefits of full fat milk.

My daughter’s friend is to be on GB news this evening talking about this, she and her husband have a large dairy farm.

We eat full fat natural yoghurt, I make my own butter from full fat cream but I just cannot do full fat milk in tea.

Since having to drink milk at school I just cannot drink milk alone or on cereal.

My mother used to buy gold top milk and poured the cream from the top in her coffee every morning🤮

Are you skimmed, semi skimmed or full fat fans?

Would you be willing to change for the health benefits?