Do you know if the bag has bpa? I get my milk in glass now.
That’s a really good question. I’d like to know as well.
Wait - you mean it doesn’t have nipples? I just assumed it’d be a big plastic udder full o’ milk.
As a side note, when I was in Hong Kong, fresh milk was vastly more expensive than the tetra-pak on-the-shelf variety, so I got used to it. It’s not as good, but better than soy for cereal and whatnot. I believe it was called ultrapasteurized - is that the same as the aforementioned ‘H milk’?
Where I live, the tetra packs have gone into the recycling stream for a few years now… I don’t know what happens to them after, but it does make me feel better when I do buy the tetras for the occasional lunch.
I don’t know. Maybe someone will come along who does. (The only two hits I get with a search for “4L milk bags BPA” are this thread and someone’s blog with a commenter who says that they don’t, however, I have know idea where that commenter got that information, so, not so trusting of that.)
In the meantime, I will have to continue trust that it’s fine, since I don’t have the option to get my milk in glass…
Me too. When I worked at my university’s dining hall as a student, the milk came in big bags (at least 2 gallons) and they did have what looked like an udder - a small tube that would be pinched closed until someone lifted the handle to dispense milk.
Speaking of bagged milk, I was surprised to discover that nowadays the individuals servings of milk they dole out at elementary school come in little plastic baggies. You lay the baggie flat and then puncture it with a straw. Awfully inconvenient, I think, as you can’t carry it once it’s punctured without making a mess.
My parents have* an entire cupboard* filled with those bags. My father wraps his sandwich in one every day. They keep their giant blocks of cheese wrapped in them, and when the cheese is still new, they stick the milk bag on one end and secure it with a rubber band. I mock, but to be fair they’re a lot sturdier than ziplock.
Milk in bags?! What’s next — Wine in boxes?!
Does everyone using bagged milk have one of these? If not, you should. They’re great.
We go through 4ℓ of 2% and 4ℓ of chocolate milk every week. That little cutter gets a lot of use.
That’s what I meant by the “tool” in the other thread. I couldn’t remember what they were called. For the uninitiated, the hook on it fits over the top of the jug to keep it near where it will be needed, but we always find that it falls off of the jug when pouring. It’s a big enough pain that we just stick the magnet-y side to the fridge. But someone is always forgetting to put it back so it does go missing.
I’ve never seen bags of milk that small == though really I’ve never seen bags of milk intended for home use. I thought this thread was about a commercial product that you figured out how to get for the home. Way back when I was in college I worked at a Dairy Queen, and they used 5 gallon bags of milk. The bag had a built in tap, and you’d put the bag into a milk crate thingy for structural support, with the tap sicking out the bottom.
So anyway, how much cheaper is bagged milk than ‘cartoned’ milk?
We just stick it to the fridge too.
I have never bought cartons of milk on a regular basis because my husband I and always drank enough milk to go through it before it started to “go”, even when it was just the two of us, so I am not sure. I have the impression that you might be able to get 2L of milk for under $3.00 (Canadian), but I could be wrong. Where I usually buy milk, 4L is $3.99, and might go for as much as $4.59 elsewhere.
This is just plain old milk. Organic costs considerably more. And the price is going to vary by location. Where I live, milk is a loss leader. 22 years ago when I worked in a convenience store, we sold 4L of milk for $2.44, and I know from doing the milk order that it cost the store over $5.00 then, so I can’t imagine what it costs now…
Ha! Thanks for starting this thread. Learning about milk in bags makes me feel like Balki Bartokomous just over from Mepos . . .
So, my first question: After you snip the corner off the bag, do you close the bag in any way when it goes back in the fridge?
I’ve always wanted to cover and wrap and seal everything that goes into the fridge, but maybe there’s actually no reason to do so for absolutely everything.
We don’t. The opening isn’t very big either. Maybe big enough to fit your pinkie finger into. Rats, I’m gonna have to go try that now…
Power of suggestion…
We don’t, either. Seriously, a 1.33 L bag lasts less than a day in our house. No time to absorb smells…
Good point.
And no, my finger won’t fit in the opening. 
Milk in small bags has clearly been around for a long time, as evidenced by the opening segment of that 1960s documentary ‘A Hard Days Night’ 
(poor guy in the railway station ends up spilling it on his suit and tossing the bag away - that’s why it never took off!).
Anyway milk in a bag seems pretty dang fiddly compared to a simply plastic jug as is common here in NY (waxed cardboard boxes are the other common form) - the jug is it’s own pitcher, and no need to buy a separate holder or cut with a scissor (or your teeth) at an exact angle as demostrated in that ‘pincstuff’ video from the other thread…
Seriously? I’m paying that much for milk by the 2L carton(I’m in Ontario).