22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

asserted that Thai cow's milk is 100% pure, following social media debates questioning its quality.

 

Fortunately no problems here in Cambodia. All Thai milk, fresh and UHT, has dissappeared off shelves due to the ban on Thai products and produce, Our milk now comes mainly from the EU (France and Poland), the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

3 hours ago, Unamerican said:

Where does this happen to you, please? 

On the road from Dainty coffee/lotus fresh in Maejo and Wat Doi Tairn.

been drinking milk

76 years.

Dutch Mill is best ever,

 

9 hours ago, ericbj said:

 

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i like the taste.

 

Do worry about the methane though...

23 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

On 11/12/2025 at 2:05 PM, BritManToo said:

I cycle past 100s of cows everyday, almost every other field and the rural roads have loads walking around.

Where is that place - I gotta avoid that fly ridden smelly location. 

 

I thought he was referring to the brass he'd bumped !!!.. 

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

On the road from Dainty coffee/lotus fresh in Maejo and Wat Doi Tairn.

The owner of that cow looks proud of the cow , nice looking cow,pity it is a Thai Native beef cow , try milking that,first off very littal milk if any,next it will probably kick you in to next week, Thai cattle are good at that.

2 hours ago, papa al said:

been drinking milk

76 years.

Dutch Mill is best ever,

 

personally I prefer Thai Danish or  Meeiji. 

A glass every evening before bed.

Dogs get unsweetened Lactasoy - they are lack toes in toddler ants! Recipe for a good nights sleep!

9 hours ago, connda said:

Dating myself here, but I remember back in English when milk was delivered in bottle to your front door by a milkman in a horse-drawn milk-wagon.  My sister and I would go out a feed the horse apples.  The milk and cream would separate.  That was really good milk.  All milk now is highly processed pasteurize and homogenized junk.  If you ever drink fresh milk, you'd never buy milk in a store again.  It's that good.  I'm glad I grew up in the era that I did. It really was special.  And as a Yank, I'm glad I had the opportunity to spend my youth in Britain. 
Just like this.  I can still remember the milkman.  Older guy with grey hair and a grey mustache and a cap.  Man, that's remembering back over 66+ years but still clear as day in my memories. 

 

Good point - I remember the 'electric milk floats' that use to deliver to your door-step before we'd wake up.

 

Sometimes the birds would have pecked a hole in the foil cap to access the cream which had separated out of the top - in the winter the milk would have frozen and burst out through the foil cap... 

10 hours ago, connda said:

You haven't been in my neck of the woods (Northeast Lamphun province).  There are dairy farms up and down our valley with Holstein milk cows everywhere.  Unlike the Bhrama cattle (ox) that graze everywhere, the Holsteins are generally kept in feed lots. which is probably why you don't see them. 

Nice set up, cows eating grass and not rice straw,the normal forage feed for Thai dairy cows. Why do you not see dairy cows as you said they are kept on the American system kept indoors ,feed brought to them.

Funny system here in Thailand, of all fresh foods, milk is the most perishable ,no farm has any cooling/fridge units, so, twice a day milk is pick up from the farms am and pm,and taken to a milk center, where it is cooled and stored ,then sent to a factory for processing.

Most farms are within about 25 km of the milk center, some farmers send their they milk themselfs ,the milk center will check for antibiotics and quality, and it is them that pay the farmers ,the milk center will have a contract to supply whatever factory they are contracted to .    

Thai Cows like their women are too skinny 

I accept that the chilled milk in bottles is 100% 'fresh' milk, but it just doesn't taste the same as pasteurised milk in the UK. Thai milk is homogenised and over pasteurised, it tastes more like UHT treated milk. It also lasts well past the expiry date - 2-3 weeks. Ok for tea and coffee, barely acceptable with cereals but I never drink it straight.

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Good point - I remember the 'electric milk floats' that use to deliver to your door-step before we'd wake up.

 

Sometimes the birds would have pecked a hole in the foil cap to access the cream which had separated out of the top - in the winter the milk would have frozen and burst out through the foil cap... 

 

 

Thanks for the memory, I well remember those days as a young UK lad many years ago now. My mother used to have Gold Top milk delivered when it was available, in addition to the usual Silver Top. Gold Top milk came from Jersey and Guernsey cows and contained more cream, making it a target for the pecking birds!

i used to see a small herd of friesian cows in the dusit area of bangkok. true

13 hours ago, JAG said:

i like the taste.

 

Do worry about the methane though...

 

Examine the quantities of methane rising from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, and forget about cow farts.

18 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

Is this ChatGPT...

 

I did not record which site I obtained it from, but it is taken from the abstract of a research paper.

 

You have only to enter the first few words of my quote in a search request and you will receive several answers of sites where the statement appears, including this one:

 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9779325/

 

I hope this may assist your future web-searches.

23 hours ago, kickstart said:

fact about yogurt the Thai Denmark only use fresh milk, no milk powder, so their yogurt is 100% fresh milk.

I tried that yogurt and the first spoon I put in I spit it out, it's disgusting! how can you call that yogurt? it's trash

 

93% milk, Contains Milk and "Milk product", Emulsifier and Stabilizer. 

• Stabilizer (INS428): This is the international numbering system for Gelatin. 
  • Function: Gelatin is a hydrocolloid and gelling agent. Its primary role in yogurt is to bind water, increase viscosity, and form a stable gel structure, which effectively
    Gelatin is a hydrocolloid and gelling agent. Its primary role in yogurt is to bind water, increase viscosity, and form a stable gel structure, which effectively prevents syneresis (whey separation). This is a physical, textural function, not an antimicrobial one.

• Emulsifier (INS471): This is the international numbering system for Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids.

  • Function: INS471 is an emulsifier, which helps blend components that normally don't mix, like fat and water. While its main role is textural, ensuring a smooth, uniform dispersion, INS471 is also known to function as an anti-staling agent in baked goods and may slightly assist in stabilizing the product over storage, further blurring the line between functional classes. However, it is primarily categorized as an emulsifier/stabilizer, not a traditional antimicrobial preservative.

 

 

 

13 hours ago, kickstart said:

Nice set up, cows eating grass and not rice straw,the normal forage feed for Thai dairy cows. Why do you not see dairy cows as you said they are kept on the American system kept indoors ,feed brought to them.

Funny system here in Thailand, of all fresh foods, milk is the most perishable ,no farm has any cooling/fridge units, so, twice a day milk is pick up from the farms am and pm,and taken to a milk center, where it is cooled and stored ,then sent to a factory for processing.

Most farms are within about 25 km of the milk center, some farmers send their they milk themselfs ,the milk center will check for antibiotics and quality, and it is them that pay the farmers ,the milk center will have a contract to supply whatever factory they are contracted to .    

 

Interesting to know! thanks for sharing.

My father does it differently back home. 

Milk is collected every morning before sun rise. Then it's immediately put in the freezer (between -1 and 0, not to freeze, just to preserve it while maintaining the full physicochemical quality)

On Saturday mornings take 20% to sell it on the big fresh market (it's sold out in less than 15 minutes) 

The other 80% the big factory picks up to make butter, cheese and then low fat milk, which tastes like water. it's a shame what they sell to customers back there.

 

On 11/12/2025 at 8:58 PM, kickstart said:

 

Next fact ,Thailand does not make any milk powder it is all imported mainly from Australia or NZ .....

I thought it was mostly from China, but sold under NZ brand as nobody trusts Chinese milk?

18 hours ago, kickstart said:

Nice set up, cows eating grass and not rice straw,the normal forage feed for Thai dairy cows. Why do you not see dairy cows as you said they are kept on the American system kept indoors ,feed brought to them.

Funny system here in Thailand, of all fresh foods, milk is the most perishable ,no farm has any cooling/fridge units, so, twice a day milk is pick up from the farms am and pm,and taken to a milk center, where it is cooled and stored ,then sent to a factory for processing.

Most farms are within about 25 km of the milk center, some farmers send their they milk themselfs ,the milk center will check for antibiotics and quality, and it is them that pay the farmers ,the milk center will have a contract to supply whatever factory they are contracted to .    

Interesting.  Similar to the rice industry with lots of small farms and the local 'long see' rice collection centres.  Very inefficient compared to large 'corporate' farms.