Rejoice singles and low milk users! Whilst 2L was $2, 1L milk used to be $1.25. But not anymore! New packaging, (new supplier?), new price. Now $1 for 1L. Appears to be new price, not advertised special. Online is not reflecting this.
I wouldn't normally post something like this, but hey milk is an everyday item. So this is important! So rejoice. Bathe yourself in milk! OK, just rejoice. :)
Ooo yes, thanks! Fixed. Thinking wrong way around (used to pay a 25% premium).
Still $1.25 in link.
Re-read the post.
I'm a bit confused why that is the link then.
You have to put a URL in to post a deal. That's the company's URL. Drop into Woolies instead of Dan Murphy's and see how you go. ;)
What about bathing in it? :) (this is a bargain site, not a diet site)
Humans are the only animal to do a lot of things
Such as?
Humans are the only animal to do a lot of things
Have sex for reasons other than procreation?
@Jar Jar Binks: Nope sorry, not unique to human. For examples, bonobos and dolphins. (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140613-do-animals-have-sex…)
@alvian: Seriously? build cities, distill alcohol, have a system of agriculture, supermarkets, currency, clothes, art, water/sewerage, refrigeration, heating and finally an ability to survive in any geographic location on earth. I'm actually all for natural living but I think this is such a weak argument, the only way we could draw fair comparisons is if this was the planet of the apes
Your counter examples are relatively weak. I thought you would have come up with curveballs such as participation in and watching of organised sport, baseless believes in the existence of higher being(s) and supernatural, and make wars over them, the existence of culture (might not be unique to human), the ability to plan and shape future events (arguably not unique to human), the invention of writing and language, the control of energy and matter, travel beyond the planet, thinking in the abstract, the systematic gathering and study of knowledge.
I do not care for natural living and I am not promoting veganism. My comment was simply to say what seemed to be a common everyday item (i.e. milk) is in fact quite unnatural if you think about it. I consume dairy products daily and I love butter, cream, cheese and yoghurt. Keeping animals and forcing them to become pregnant, stealing their milk (and eating their offspring), congealing the milk with the gut lining of another animal, and finally putting a mould into the congealed mess. You can’t get more unnatural than that!
@alvian: very comprehensive reply. Rather than going into more abstract examples, the point of my thread was to highlight that that no other animal has the capacity to be able to harvest milk like we do, and if they did whose to say they wouldn't do the same as us? With an understanding that it is an easy to produce high energy source of food, I think they probably would.
The stance that a lot of things we do are 'unnatural' is similar to saying a lot of things we do aren't primitive, which is a relatively weak position.
Humans are the only animal known to cook their food using fire , blush, have organised religions and existential crisis.
Here I was thinking we would get a few "pay twice the price and help the farmers" posts but we got the vegans instead.
i'd say its lactose intolerant ;)
Human is the only animal to read ozbargain the whole day, and do so well into adulthood. One may argue that this is unnatural…
OMG did you guys realise no other animal cooks it's food, ever? One might argue that this is unnatural (if one regarded humanbeings as unnatural and not of the earth and other silly concepts).
Drinking another animal's milk is disgusting when you think about it.
Plenty of other good products such as rice milk, almond milk and oat milk which taste better and do not rely on animals.
Too many unintelligent illiterate bludger types hating the facts.
So true. What I wrote were facts and not opinions. These people are negging facts! Some even negged my subsequent request for more information.
Yeah, though some animals have been observed stealing milk from the teats of other animals apparently (e.g. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/questions/question/28…).
Humans are so heavily socially-nurtured and immersed in the popular wisdom that's it's hard to know what one would do naturally. I couldn't imagine going up to any animal and having a go at it's teat. But then I couldn't imagine killing an animal or voluntarily eating eggs or eating a host of vegetables I eat today (the bitterness would probably scare me off).
Is it even milk? Or just watered down white liquid?
Milk is not an "adult food" but is a temporary exepediency in the life of the young animal, lasting it until the time that it evolves teeth for independent mastication and is able to secrete digestive juices of a quaky and character to enable it to digest the foods it will naturally live on for the remainder of its life.
Cow's milk is not only not a perfect food for the human adult; it is not the best food for the human infant. It is not even the best milk from the lower animals for infants. If doctors and dairymen are really interested in the health of children, they should see to it that goats milk, which is far superior to cow's milk for infants, is available for them. Instead of talking about the importance of "protective foods" in the diet, they should devote their "educational (sic) campaign" to telling people of the dangers of the denatured foods. That their campaign is merely an effort to sell more milk and not an effort to tell the people the truth about their present denatured diet gives the whole show away.
It is wholly unnatural for cows to give the large quantities of milk, rich in fat, as our dairy cows do. By selective breeding and forced feeding, they are induced to give large quantities of milk and to produce this far beyond the normal nursing period for calves. Indeed many of these cows are never dry, but continue to produce milk, that is sold in the market, from one calf to the next, year after year. I have seen cows milked for ten or more years, without once being dry, and having a calf a year during this time.
Cool story with lots of made up stuff and no basis in reality.
Brother Diji1, that is the TRUTH whether u like it or not.
You and I had been fooled…
http://saveourbones.com/osteoporosis-milk-myth/
The milk myth has spread around the world based on the flawed belief that this protein and calcium-rich drink is essential to support good overall health and bone health in particular at any age. It is easy to understand that the confusion about milk’s imaginary benefits stems from the fact that it contains calcium – around 300 mg per cup.
But many scientific studies have shown an assortment of detrimental health effects directly linked to milk consumption. And the most surprising link is that not only do we barely absorb the calcium in cow’s milk (especially if pasteurized), but to make matters worse, it actually increases calcium loss from the bones. What an irony this is!
Here’s how it happens. Like all animal protein, milk acidifies the body pH which in turn triggers a biological correction. You see, calcium is an excellent acid neutralizer and the biggest storage of calcium in the body is – you guessed it… in the bones. So the very same calcium that our bones need to stay strong is utilized to neutralize the acidifying effect of milk. Once calcium is pulled out of the bones, it leaves the body via the urine, so that the surprising net result after this is an actual calcium deficit.
Knowing this, you’ll understand why statistics show that countries with the lowest consumption of dairy products also have the lowest fracture incidence in their population (there’s more on this later).
But the sad truth is that most mainstream health practitioners ignore these proven facts. I know it firsthand because when I was diagnosed with osteoporosis, my doctor recommended that I drink lots of milk in addition to taking Fosamax.
Fortunately, I did neither, because I knew that…
Cow’s milk is custom-designed for calves
My dogs love a good bowl of cow milk, especially in winter when I warm it up. They are adult dogs now.
You're argument is invalid.
Actually all we're saying is just that the health benefits they promote about cow's milk from the supermarket are invalid.
Think about these:
http://nutritionstudies.org/12-frightening-facts-milk/
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/animals-use…
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/fact…
I understand it's hard for people to change their lifestyle but at least learn about it and slowly change over time.
I don't care what you were saying. I was replying to alvian's comment "Human is the only animal to regularly drink milk from other animals, and do so well into adulthood. One may argue that this is unnatural."
I could also find multiple links promoting the health benefits of cow's milk from various "sources" on the internet… but meh, I'm going to go have a milk shake.
Come on, lower the price of your lactose free options too.
I think woolworths negged you
It was the cows. Big hooves. :)
Would you want an old man squeezing your nipples without your consent each morning?
lactose free ….. why take it out …… I want as much as I can get for my money ……. and don't take out the cream either.
just let you know that lactose free is not taking it out of the milk,just convert lactose into glucose. Hence it's even taste sweeter.
Don't know why you were negged but it's true. Lactase enzyme is added to the milk to convert lactose (a disaccharide) into galactose and glucose monomers (mimicking what you hope to happen eventually in your gut). Both galactose and glucose are sweeter than lactose (http://owlsoft.com/pdf_docs/WhitePaper/Rel_Sweet.pdf). Not only that but you'd also have double the number of sweetness-imparting molecules.
Beyond the subjective taste, one possible negative of lactase-treated milk would be a higher GI. Complete avoidance of lactose for a prolonged period may also lower the number of bacteria in your gut that can digest lactose naturally (where lactose is used as a pre-biotic).
Lactase-treated, filtered and manipulated milk might be coming to our supermarkets soon (at a premium though). Coca Cola's lactose-free Fairlife has more protein and less sugar than regular milk (http://www.businessinsider.com.au/coca-cola-fairlife-milk-re…).
@peterpeterpumpkin:
There are a lot of gutless people who are unhappy with their life and neg. Just ignore them as it is their problem not yours.
@peterpeterpumpkin: upvote you for my neg… cheers mate..
read your reply again, need to buy normal milk next time for my bio environment in my gut.
How much is it now?
At Aldi I saw long-life 1L pack for $1.59 but someone on OzBargain once said Aldi sell 2L for $2 (but I haven't seen it).
The price per litre is the only reason I started buying the 2L jug. Now I have options :)
I never buy Coles or Woolies milk. Farmers are doing it tough as it is with drought, why help by providing the market to undercut by so much?
And yet farmers choose to sign these deals with major supermarkets. So what does that tell you?
Although what you say is partially true, it is most likely that most of supermarket brand milk comes from company owned dairy farms rather than individually owned dairy farms that sells their milk to branded companies (eg. Devondale).
I think most of the complaint from dairy farmers come from these companies pushing the price down aggressively for the rest of the industry. No doubt this is great for consumers, but it is discouraging for producers who feel like their product is continuously devalued.
That they're desperate? Cheap prices aren't always a good thing for everyone.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-27/cohen---supermarket…
Gav I'll tell u how Coles and Woolies get milkers to "choose" to sign these contracts
They are profitable happy little operators. They sign a small deal with Woolies giving them high profits. This continues for a year, they have a great year, Woolies ask for greater quantity, they do the math, calculate the cost of upgrading their equiptment, loan repayments to the bank, and think all good. They sign up, operate some more, fine, woollies renew deal at a fraction, they have debt repayments to make, and they choose to sign that dotted line. Love choice
Dairy farmers should start doing free range eggs massive profit there
Still $1.25 in the Town Hall store (NSW) when I went there yesterday evening.
Was it the new packaging? (plastic bottle, not cardboard carton)
Can't actually remember. Saw the price tag and picked up a 2L bottle.
That kind of makes up for the price hike for rolled oats. Used to be $0.99 but yesterday I paid $1.19.
Only problem is that I always get 2l milk, so no compensation for me. Breakfast budget still blown :-(
I drink 1 litre per week.
So buy 2 litre bottle and freeze 1 litre of it to last 2 weeks.
Now I have the option of buying every week.
Hope Coles price match this.
Maybe you guys should just drink more milk. I have 4L of milk in the fridge, and you better believe it will be finished before expiry.
Bought this in VIC yesterday. Shelf price was $1. Scanned through at $1.25 so I ended up getting it for free because of scanning policy (now that's a bargain!)
However when I went back today I noticed they had printed new tags saying $1.25. So maybe it's not going to last?
I'm going to blame you if so. ;)
$1.25 where I went.
![Woolworths Select 1 Litre Milk - Now $1 (20% off) [in Store Only]](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/40/215740.jpg?h=9429d5a8)
20% off, not 25%