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I genuinely wonder who skimmed milk is made for.
If you can't drink whole milk due to the fattiness, you'd surely just drink semi-skimmed milk (2%)
And if you couldn't drink it due to the lactose, you'd just go for milk alternative.
So who is skimmed milk for? Who's buying it?
People who are still afraid of dietary fat from the anti-fat craze of the 80s and 90s.
If you’re watching weight, cutting calories from milk of all places is the worst place to do it. At least from whole down to skim. All the healthy stuff actually just so happens to be in the tasty part, the cream, since milk does these thing of mixing the ”sugar” into the cream in the form of Lactose. Cutting that out just leaves you with a worst-tasting, less nutritious beverage aside from the fewer calories.
If you want fewer calories but still have nutrition, soy is the way to go.
The soy would be great if they made it less salty. It's usually much cheaper than cow titty juice in my region.
I’ve found the shelf-stable tetra-pak versions usually have fewer ingredients. Trader Joe’s brand here in the US is just soybeans and water.
I forgot those existed. I don't have trader joes but I'll check the relevant section for equivalent products next shopping haul.
Why not go for buttermilk instead? The brunt of those dietary fats they are so scared of is in the butter...
It's cos it tastes better in tea.
I don't like the fatty bit in tea. I like it in coffee, but not tea.
But why not 2%/semi-skimmed? You get the milky flavour, but not as fatty.
Probably people who think it's healthier.
It is healthier.
Stop drinking fat water you literal babies.
You don't need trace nutrients from cow titties, you need to eat some goddamn vegetables.
I drink a cup of choccy milk with my salad.
If you wanna be healthy you should drink a milk alternative anyway IMHO
I would suggest water but we all have our vices.
Water doesn't make my coffee lighter
Um, yeah it would...
I don't like coffee so I just drink hot water with cream and sugar.
If skimmed milk is your vice, you must be a Saint haha
Fuck that, trace nutrients from cow titties are goddamn delicious and I will not be shamed into drinking the sad calcium-water wannabe that is 2% or skim milk. I will drink my whole milk loud and proud, fuck the fat content. My bones are smiling at me, Imperials, can you say the same?
There is really nothing better than whole milk on a bowl of granola for breakfast. I wasn't a whole milk fan until I had kids and tasted what whole milk was like on cereal and in coffee. Plus if you actually have a cup of whole milk, it's so satisfying and filling, it's practically a meal substitute.
Now there's no going back.
Consider I've joked that skimmed milk is water dyed white, I can't help but laugh at whole milk being called fat water haha
Wouldn't you be better off drinking a milk alternative if you wanted a healthier drink? Oat milk is healthy and environmentally friendly(-er)
Tea. Whole milk goes in coffee, skim milk goes in tea.
But why not 2%/semi-skimmed? You get the milky flavour, but not as fatty.
I haven't drank milk in decades but before I quit I was drinking skim because the milk with fat made me nauseous and it tasted better. Eventually even skim milk made me nauseous. Fortunately I have always liked my coffee black. Although I cut out caffeine a few years ago so now it's black decaf on a rare occasion. Yeah I'm fun at parties too.
To be fair, that sounds like an intolerance to milk/lactose, which is a pretty good excuse for cutting milk out your life.
Probably not worth pointing at now, but have you considered trying milk substitutes. Oat milk is pretty good - I keep some at home cause I like both it and regular milk.
Yeah I don't miss milk and cheese doesn't bother me. I don't drink high calorie drinks, just water or carbonated water most of the time.
If you're on a low-fat diet ordered by a doctor for some sort of health reason, or maybe if you simply prefer the taste of skim? I can't imagine anyone preferring it, but people do enjoy some strange things so maybe.
That would be a valid reason, but that wouldn't explain the massive volume it sells at.
Seems from the comments here that some people do actually prefer skim, can't fathom why, but they do
My mum does, it’s all she’s had my whole life. She would buy us full cream and her skim. She is skinny and ripped af for her age. I drink soy and oat now and she brings her own milk to mine when she visits lmao