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Changing consumer habits could spell the end of bagged milk (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015."

While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why are you getting down voted so much? You are absolutely right. Canadian milk products (including milk) are complete garbage. We can thank our milk cartels for that, plus the really stupid regulations put into place over concerns of germs that basically limits the amount of raw or non-homogenized milk on the market.

How come most of Europe can produce far superior tasting cheeses and also consume fresh milk from milk vending machines, but there's an inane control on it in North America?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"lactose intolerant West coasters"

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As a lactose intolerant west coaster I'm really confused if that's setting people off. We've got a huge Asian population out here and lactose intolerance is much higher among them. Personally, while we're not of Asian descent both me and my partner are lactose intolerant so finding reasonable dairy products that don't give us diarrhea is a priority - and we're not shy of making our own stovetop cheese if all we can get is milk.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Right, the dude used it as a flippant insult as if lactose intolerance is a West Coast fad when in reality there's lactose intolerance is everywhere and isn't a fad

[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Checks out, I'm from the west coast and I'm intolerant of lactose products of poor quality.

But fuck thoese milk drinkers back east.