Talk:Fat content of milk

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Did you know... that before 1 January 2008, milk with a fat content of 1 or 2% could not be labelled as milk in the United Kingdom?

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Skimmed?

Oh no no no, the US terminology is SKIM not skimmed, at least in general usage by normal people.99.131.55.137 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]

I believe it's either/or in U.S. publications. "Skim milk", or "skim-milk" also has an old-fashioned meaning; either milk allowed to stand so losing most of the cream, or milk unlawfully watered down. Hakluyt bean (talk) 05:17, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Percent by what?

When we say 2% butterfat, does that mean by weight or by volume? Nutritional labels in the USA will give the serving size for milk in millileters and the total fat for that serving in grams. To calculate the % butterfat from that, would I need to know the density of the milk in grams per millileter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.204.156 (talk) 15:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is linked to in the article under Babcock test in the US. It is done using a centrifuge and measuring the volume. Europe and the rest of the world uses the Gerber method. It is still by volume but the methodology is different.Tomsv 98 (talk) 18:50, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2% milk

Isn't 2% milk sometimes called lowfat and sometimes called reduced fat? Purple backpack89 05:13, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was and still is refered to as lowfat. The USDA and others came up with reduced fat, because even though it has ~ half the fat of whole milk it is still far from low fat. Tomsv 98 (talk) 18:55, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

chart is missing 1/2% milk

chart seems to imply it would be skim, but no, there is 1/2% milk and there is skim milk which is less still.76.226.209.158 (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Accuracy of information on health benefits of low fat milk.

Multiple studies over the last 5 years have shown that full fat milk is healthier for both children and adults. This article should be updated.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/16/children-who-drink-full-fat-milk-end-up-slimmer-than-those-on-sk/

http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/health/healthy-eating/skimmed-milk-vs-full-fat-milk-which-is-healthier-and-will-help-you-lose-weight-11364051458977

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/drinking-full-fat-milk-actually-11941210

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/103/4/979.full.pdf+html

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/03/22/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018410

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/food/articles/2016-10-28/5-reasons-to-start-eating-full-fat-dairy-according-to-science

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2018/jan/full-fat-milk-improves-cholesterol-levels-90626725.html

Sblanchard56 (talk) 01:07, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Health and Nutrition section irrelevant to article

The content under health and nutrition seems to merely describe dietary habits between those who drink full fat and low fat milk. This says nothing about the actually fat content of milk or it’s inherent benefits or lack there if. I suggest this section be removed entirely from the article. 142.105.200.86 (talk) 18:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]