What I learned today.

the flying belgian · Mar 13, 2014

Shouldn't the ingredient list on a carton of milk
just say milk? Go to the frig and take a look on
your milk jug. The particular one I am looking at
has 8 items in the ingredient list. And then get
this--it has a special warning saying this product
contains milk. I kid you not. What the hell.

rustred · Mar 13, 2014

definitely not the same stuff that comes from the cow's teat. any thing from the store is not the same as straight off the farm.
and I don't drink milk either, never have since being weined.

john in la · Mar 13, 2014

Went and looked at mine. It says Milk and Vitamin D3.
In the small print it says from Non RSBT cows.

What kind of stuff are they adding to your milk???

Alan K · Mar 13, 2014

LOL.....maybe I would be more worried if it didn't list milk. You really wonder sometimes don't you?

fixerupper · Mar 13, 2014

Could be preservatives and homogenizing agents? I can only drink lactose free milk, so how do they get rid of the lactose? It tastes like regular milk to me. I have one glass every morning with my cereal. Jim

retired farmer · Mar 13, 2014

Now that is something I would need to know for sure, as I am allergic to milk.

JMS/.MN · Mar 13, 2014

It"s interesting to note that milk from cows not treated with rsbt has the same amount of rsbt (naturally occurring) as found in milk from cows who are rsbt treated.

john in la · Mar 13, 2014

And it is also interesting that naturally occurring insulin-like growth factor 1; the stuff BST increases in cows to make them give more milk; is the same insulin-like growth factor 1 found in humans.

Its not that the rsbt does anything to hurt humans.
It is that rsbt makes a cows metabolism work over time so much so that it shortens the working life of the cow. Plum wears them out.
Makes them no more than a milk making machine.
Have we come to the point where animals should be nothing more than cold steel machines.

But now we are getting way off topic.

JMS/.MN · Mar 13, 2014

I remember the controversy when it first came out- I milked 70 cows then so naturally followed the pros and cons. Should be given to the better cows, get about 15% increase in production. I didn"t like the administration route- giving more shots, timing, more bookkeeping, etc. Had enough to keep up with the 6 month immunizations for a handful of diseases. What bugged me was the advertising for rbst-free....when there is no test for that...all milk naturally contains the same amount. Advertisers conning gullible consumers, charging more for the same product.

OT- quit dairy in "01, certainly didn"t miss livestock this MN winter, but enjoyed our trip to your State in mid-Jan!! "nawleans ice storm not withstanding.

JMS/.MN · Mar 14, 2014

I guess we both messed up the letters....rBST!

Massey farmer · Mar 14, 2014

What do you put on your cereal, orange juice?

Steve@Advance · Mar 14, 2014

In Texas we use barbecue sauce! LOL

massey333 · Mar 14, 2014

Lot of people don't eat cereal and lot more don't eat breakfast.

Billy Shafer · Mar 14, 2014

I like the Hickory BBQ flavor my self.Goes very well with corn flakes.

Wemedeeres · Mar 14, 2014

It's no different than reading the warning label on a package of peanuts! "WARNING!...this product was packaged in a facility that packages peanuts".....well DUH!!

Id like to know where this rash of peanut allergies came from, 20 years ago I never heard of this crap when I was in school, now days the kids can't bring anything to school that may have been within 20 feet of a peanut! There was always a tray of bread with peanut butter on it in the lunch line at my school!

Massey farmer · Mar 14, 2014

You guys are funny, I'm surprised no one said beer yet?

Moondoggie · Mar 14, 2014

Look at the microwave popcorn wrapper. It lists the calorie count of unpopped corn. Maybe I should eat it that way.

Bob Harvey · Mar 14, 2014

That's because beer isn't just for breakfast !

JML755 · Mar 14, 2014

(quoted from post at 09:36:30 03/14/14) It's no different than reading the warning label on a package of peanuts! "WARNING!...this product was packaged in a facility that packages peanuts".....well DUH!!

Id like to know where this rash of peanut allergies came from, 20 years ago I never heard of this crap when I was in school, now days the kids can't bring anything to school that may have been within 20 feet of a peanut! There was always a tray of bread with peanut butter on it in the lunch line at my school!

Agree. I was on a Delta flight last week where a woman was coming down the aisle prior to takeoff with a distressed look on her face saying "peanut allergy". Wasn't sure if it was her or the baby she was carrying. But.... I don't think you could EVER get all the peanut fragments out of the seats, back pockets, carpets of a commercial airliner. Maybe she should have gone Amtrak or Greyhound but then, again, no guarantee she sits in a "peanut free" seat on a bus or train either.

Oops, shouldn't say that too loud or external_link will start mandating "peanut free" planes and next thing you know, peanuts will be banned nationwide. Not belittling people with various allergies, I know they can be dangerous, but there is a point where it is THEIR responsibility, not the public's, to deal with their problem.

Dick · Mar 14, 2014

What I learned a few years back was about most milk you buy in the stores,"ULTRA pasteurized milk". I won't go into what that means and if you're interested, do a google search and see what that means.
I always wondered why in Mexico they don't refrigerate most of their milk. It's ultra pasteurized and doesn't need to be refrigerated and has a loooooong shelf life. So I guess that means it's about like water.
It's hard to find milk in the stores that isn't ultra pasteurized.
So I guess if you buy a jug of ultra pasteurized milk and it sits in a hot car for several hours, it's still ok.
Read up on it and see what you find about ultra pasteurized milk, I think you'll be amazed.

Dick

jwal10 · Mar 14, 2014

My milk has been goats milk for 58 years, 100%. I can not nor have ever been able to drink cows milk. I know where mine comes from and what is in it, I squeeze it twice a day....James

T in NE · Mar 14, 2014

I think they add some of the enzyme that your body doesn't produce that helps break down the lactose into other sugars.

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