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Skim milk

reader — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:15:42 +0000

Gaynor from Paraparaumu has this tip.

“Always buy powdered (skim) milk. Cheaper, less to carry home, no bottles to dispose of. In winter cows are dry so milk is reconstituted.”

Milk powder

reader — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 01:24:26 +0000

Gaynor from Paraparaumu has this tip to share:

– Always buy powdered (skim) milk. Cheaper, less to carry home, no bottles to dispose of. In winter cows are dry so milk is reconstituted.

Melinda, Brisbane, Australia.

reader — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:28:44 +0000

I use powdered milk for everything. Skim is better value and less fat. I buy my fruit, vegetables, honey and second hand clothing, toiletries and anything else I can find at my local Sunday markets.

A, Dunedin.

reader — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:34:37 +0000

When our kids were over 1 year and had finished their last tin of formula but still having bottles we simply filled the old tin with regular milk powder and carried on as usual. They happily drunk powdered milk until we weaned them off their bottles.

D.B.

reader — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 23:06:22 +0000

Don’t throw away your plastic milk bottles. When they are empty fill with cold water. Place lid on and shake. There is a good milky residue. Use the contents to water your pot plants. It acts like a pick me up. My African daises thrive as do my many other indoor plants. It saves you from having to buy costly fertilisers.

Oily Rag Ed

reader — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:21:30 +0000

I was chatting to a dairy farmer the other day and told him about the survey we are running on this site. We had a very good discussion about milk related matters. Did you know that it takes about 12 litres of milk to make a kg of milk solids? So if the farmer is receiving say $5.10 a kg of butterfat the farmer is getting about 43 cents a litre for milk. That means the farmers share of the price of a 2 litre bottle of milk is 86 cents. The rest is divided amongst the dairy company to tanker the milk to the factory and process it, to the distributors who pick up the milk at the factory and deliver it to the retail stores, and the retailers. When I asked him who is making the most, he said, “well some retailers are selling 2 litres for between $2.50 and $2.80, and making money. Most retailers are selling milk at around $3.40. What does that tell you?” I think his point was that some retailers are creaming it… or milking it… or however you want to describe it.

Reader, Katikati

reader — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:19:41 +0000

I was given this tip many years ago. I always buy 1kg packets of skim milk powder, any brand , whichever is the cheapest at the time, which makes up to 10 litres of milk and unless someone sees you make it they do not know the difference. The cost of 1 kg pkts can get as low as $9.99. The last time I purchased some was at Woolworths home brand at $10.95. The beauty of milk powder is that you can store it for a long time and do not have to run to the dairy every day . NB I am talking about SKIM milk powder. I would not drink milk made from whole milk powder. Try it and you may be pleasantly surprised.

Rene, Brooklyn.

reader — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:18:55 +0000

I buy 1 litre full powder milk. You can’t taste the difference. Works out to be $1.15 litre. I no longer waste my money buying plastic bottle milk and it lowers recycling all those bottles.

Thistle, Waikanae

reader — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:18:17 +0000

Instead of buying milk in plastic bottles etc I buy milk powder and make it up in the amount needed at the time. This saves any waste. A half to one teaspoon of milk powder well mixed in is the right amount for a cup of tea or coffee and nobody knows it is not whole milk.

H.P., Bay of Islands.

reader — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:17:44 +0000

For the last twenty two years, my husband are I have used skim milk powder instead of buying milk. It works out at present 95c a litre. As we drink a lot of milk this is a big saving.