Branded vs own brand milk: who gets the premium price?

Muahahaha

dhaughton99 wrote: »

I always buy Lidl whole milk just because it’s handy for where I live. I noticed over the past 2 months, it no longer froths when I use an electric frother or the steamer on my coffee machine. I tried tesco and premier and froths up nicely.

Noticed that before with trying to froth certain types of milk and it was discussed on the coffee forum at the time. Some milks are next to useless for frothing while others get really frothy and full of air bubbles. You can also get certain times of the year that no milk will froth properly either for some reason.

rubadub

Muahahaha wrote: »

You can also get certain times of the year that no milk will froth properly either for some reason.

I heard the cows change the feed which affects it. Might be protein levels changing or something. You can also get cappuccino milk.

Graces7

odyssey06 wrote: »

LIDL usually have it in fridge. All red carton. But doesnt need to be kept in fridge til opened. Might be a little too soon to stock up for winter though.

Apparently LIDL used to shelf it out of the fridge and sales went down!

Not too soon to stock for winter. Given autumn storms.. wish I could get to LIDL but the dried milk these days is a good standby. Does not clump as it used to.

Pinch Flat

Each dairy has a unique number on the packet - aldi also source milk of from the north (UK NI 224m EC) is the clonbawn own brand. I’m sure Lidl milk is sourced from NI as well.

I’d hazard a guess that some of the other own brand milks (Tesco, supervalu, Dunnes etc) are Produced by avonmore etc - quick comparison of the diary numbers would reveal this.

Car99

Our little girl as a 2 year old could tell the difference between Avonmore and Aldi milk after 1 sip . Aldi milk is like water she says. Avonmore is definitely creamier to taste and lasts longer in the hot weather.

NewbridgeIR

My wife buys own brand milk but if I do the shopping I get Avonmore or Premier. Lidl milk is rotten and goes off quickly.
I find that milk from tetrapacks tastes way better than the stuff from a plastic bottle. Two-litre plastic milk just seems a bit off.

When I go home to my parents in Wexford, I always buy Snowcream. My kids love it too.

u140acro3xs7dm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

My wife buys own brand milk but if I do the shopping I get Avonmore or Premier. Lidl milk is rotten and goes off quickly.
I find that milk from tetrapacks tastes way better than the stuff from a plastic bottle. Two-litre plastic milk just seems a bit off.

When I go home to my parents in Wexford, I always buy Snowcream. My kids love it too.

Snowcream, now there is a brand I haven't seen in years, i may have a look the next time I'm in Wexford.

I have worked in a few different food factories (meat, veg, bread etc.) and generally the Tesco stuff was inferior. While it was usually the same recipe, someone would go through the stock and pick out the best ones for premium packaging, and the leftovers went to Tesco. On a good day there would be little difference, but some days there it was obvious that the Tesco or Dunnes product wasn't to the same standard.

pigtail33

A quick check of what's currently in my fridge...

Premier Dairies Low Fat milk. 1l tetra pak IE 1403 EC
Tesco Low Fat milk. 1l tetra pak IE 1439 EC
Clonbawn (Aldi) Buttermilk 1l tetra pak IE 1439 EC

So it looks like this batch of Tesco and Aldi are the same anyway

The Tesco one states 'Produced in the Republic of Ireland using milk from Republic of Ireland'.

L1011

1403 = Glanbia Athy
1439 = Arrabawn Kilconnell

ellejay

Geuze wrote: »

Yes, I know a guy who used to manage the production of thousands of tonnes of butter.

He confirmed that Kerrygold and unbranded butter were exactly the same in his plant, until packaging.

Now, recently all Kerrygold production was centralised in one plant in Cork, with cream being sent there by various dairies.

I'm not sure how true that is.
The Tesco own brand butter is very greasy and not as "buttery" as say the LIDL brand.I find it closer in taste to low low spreadable (if it even exists anymore)

Avonmore Milk tastes way creamier than any of the own branded milks, I can't drink it.
I understand the for the own branded milk, the fat and proteins are stripped from the milk and then added back in.
How or why I don't know but that's why it'll always taste exactly the same and have the same fat content.

ted1

smelly sock wrote: »

Are milk men still a thing?

Www.mymilkman.ie

kylith

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

My wife buys own brand milk but if I do the shopping I get Avonmore or Premier. Lidl milk is rotten and goes off quickly.
I find that milk from tetrapacks tastes way better than the stuff from a plastic bottle. Two-litre plastic milk just seems a bit off.

When I go home to my parents in Wexford, I always buy Snowcream. My kids love it too.

Is Snowcream still a thing? I'm moving to Wexford soon so I'll have to look out for it. Total blast from the past.


Now, if I would find Portlaw bread and country butter my childhood re-creation would be complete.

NewbridgeIR

kylith wrote: »

Is Snowcream still a thing? I'm moving to Wexford soon so I'll have to look out for it. Total blast from the past.


Now, if I would find Portlaw bread and country butter my childhood re-creation would be complete.

Still there - picked up a few litres in Tesco, New Ross last Saturday. Had it every day growing up.
You can't get it in Newbridge.....

There's also Wexford milk (red tetrapack) - very nice too.

Feisar

Anyone else find Champion milk creamier?

Also when I was a young fella milk lasted a couple of days, seems to last ages now. (I'm 35)

99nsr125

Feisar wrote: »

Anyone else find Champion milk creamier?

Also when I was a young fella milk lasted a couple of days, seems to last ages now. (I'm 35)

Champion is the best of all