What is the fattest milk you can find in chain stores? I need to make a cappuccino.

The 2 fresh milk brands I see in every shop are DutchMill and Meiji. The DutchMill is a thicker milk and tastes much better, but the tops never seem to close properly after you open the bottle which is annoying. The dark blue label on each brand is the fattiest/tastiest milk. 

Certainly not Herman's Hermits.

Oh. Sorry. Thought you said "band".

My Bad.

The coffee shops all use Meiji ...... Dutch Mill doesn't froth.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

The coffee shops all use Meiji ...... Dutch Mill doesn't froth.

learn something every day ???? 

any idea why? 

33 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

learn something every day ???? 

any idea why? 

I believe it's because the other milks (Dutch Mill/Foremost) are largely made from powder.

(I may be wrong, it might be they're ultra pasteurised .... they both take a suspiciously long time to go off)

Edited May 29, 20224 yr by BritManToo

Meiji have a milk called Barista, perfect for coffee.

6 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

The 2 fresh milk brands I see in every shop are DutchMill and Meiji. The DutchMill is a thicker milk and tastes much better, but the tops never seem to close properly after you open the bottle which is annoying. The dark blue label on each brand is the fattiest/tastiest milk. 

Dutch mill and Meiji is not fresh milk in the true sense. It is reconstituted milk powder as can be discovered when you drink for those of us brought up with fresh farm milk. Not sure if it is good for cappucino but I always found Chok Chai milk to be the creamiest to drink followed by mMilk, the latter two being real milk, pasteurised, from dairy cattle in Thailand.

Edited May 29, 20224 yr by Excel

Magnolia is the best.

1 hour ago, Excel said:

Dutch mill and Meiji is not fresh milk in the true sense. It is reconstituted milk powder as can be discovered when you drink for those of us brought up with fresh farm milk. Not sure if it is good for cappucino but I always found Chok Chai milk to be the creamiest to drink followed by mMilk, the latter two being real milk, pasteurised, from dairy cattle in Thailand.

Would point out Thailand only produces enough milk for 1/8 of it's consumption.

That means 7/8 is imported, and nobody ships wet milk, it's all shipped as powder.

 

I suspect ALL milk in Thailand is 'bulked out' using water and milk powder.

Edited May 29, 20224 yr by BritManToo

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Would point out Thailand only produces enough milk for 1/8 of it's consumption.

That means 7/8 is imported, and nobody ships wet milk, it's all shipped as powder.

 

I suspect ALL milk in Thailand is 'bulked out' using water and milk powder.

Not the two I mentioned

Uses of imported milk powder from the Thai department of agriculture.

32% in the manufacture of sweetened and condensed milk.

42% in the manufacture of infant milk powder, ice cream.

26% for UHT milk, yogurt, drinking yogurt. (These products can contain between 50% and 65% raw milk).

 From 2012

https://www.angrin.tlri.gov.tw/meeting/2013TaiTai/2013TaiTai03.pdf

37 minutes ago, stratocaster said:

From 2012

Not really relevant as 7-11 didn't stock 'fresh' milk at that time.

Today all the chain stores sell milk.

Edited May 31, 20224 yr by BritManToo

On 5/29/2022 at 12:43 PM, Excel said:

Not the two I mentioned

Well the true test is easy to do at home yourself.

RAW milk in the fridge goes off after 3 days.

Pasteurised milk goes off in 7-10 days in the fridge.

If it's still good after 7-10 days in the fridge you can assume it's largely made from powder.

Edited May 31, 20224 yr by BritManToo