It’s all part of our commitment to making better choices for ourselves, our cows, and our planet. Our USDA Certified Organic products are made with non-GMO ingredients, from cows that are given no antibiotics, no persistent pesticides, and no added hormones.* We strive to do good by our cows, too: they spend much of their time out in the pasture where they feel most at home, and graze on a diet that includes organic grass. More than 20 years ago, we became the first company to supply organic milk nationwide-and we’ve remained committed to the organic movement ever since. Each serving of this reduced fat milk provides many nutrients, including calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, and 8 grams of protein. 2 reduced fat milk with high vitamin D Certified USDA Organic Non-GMO Provides calcium and vitamin A 50 more vitamin D than typical reduced fat milk. Designed to be easy on your tummy, this organic, lactose-free milk is easier for people with dairy lactose intolerance to digest. * Correction (6/6/08): This sentence originally said "milk is heated to 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for at least 30 seconds." (The error occurred during editing by the staff of and is not the fault of the expert.Get all the nutrition of organic milk-and none of the lactose-with Horizon Organic 2% Reduced Fat Lactose-Free Milk. But if it's the long shelf life you're after, I would recommend you buy nonorganic UHT milk and avoid being charged double. There are, of course, lots of reasons people buy organic milk. UHT also destroys some of the milk’s vitamin content-not a significant amount-and affects some proteins, making it unusable for cheese. A lot of Americans find this offensive-just as they are leery of buying nonrefrigerated milk. UHT sweetens the flavor of milk by burning some of its sugars (caramelization). One reason is that UHT-treated milk tastes different. So why isn’t all milk produced using UHT? The process is used for the room-temperature Parmalat milk found outside the refrigerator case and for most milk sold in Europe. Milk that undergoes UHT doesn’t need to be refrigerated and can sit on the shelf for up to six months. Ahead of that, however, was up to six days of processing and shipping, so total shelf life after pasteurization is probably up to two weeks. Log food: Horizon Protein Vitamin D Milk. Log food: Horizon Lactose-Free Fat-Free Milk. Log food: Horizon Chocolate Lowfat Milk Box w/ DHA Omega-3 Single serve. Retailers typically give pasteurized milk an expiration date of four to six days. Horizon 2 Reduced Fat Milk Box Single serve.
It goes above and beyond USDA organic requirements and is also third-party certified by The American Grassfed Association, a certification that requires cows to graze at least 150 days on organic pasture a year. UHT, on the other hand, kills everything. Our 2 reduced fat grassfed organic whole milk takes milk to a whole new level. The different temperatures hint at why UHT-treated milk lasts longer: Pasteurization doesn’t kill all bacteria in the milk, just enough so that you don't get a disease with your milk mustache. There are two types of pasteurization: "low temperature, long time," in which milk is heated to 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for at least 30 minutes*, or the more common "high temperature, short time," in which milk is heated to roughly 160 degrees F (71 degrees C) for at least 15 seconds. The process that gives the milk a longer shelf life is called ultrahigh temperature (UHT) processing or treatment, in which milk is heated to 280 degrees Fahrenheit (138 degrees Celsius) for two to four seconds, killing any bacteria in it.Ĭompare that to pasteurization, the standard preservation process. According to the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, the milk needs to stay fresh longer because organic products often have to travel farther to reach store shelves since it is not produced throughout the country. Organic milk lasts longer because producers use a different process to preserve it. All "organic" means is that the farm the milk comes from does not use antibiotics to fight infections in cows or hormones to stimulate more milk production. So what is it about organic milk that makes it stay fresh so long?Īctually, it turns out that it has nothing to do with the milk being organic. Typical reduced fat milk has 2.5 mcg and 15 vitamin D. If you’ve ever shopped for milk, you’ve no doubt noticed what our questioner has: While regular milk expires within about a week or sooner, organic milk lasts much longer-as long as a month. Horizon Organic Reduced Fat Milk has 4.5 mcg and 25 vitamin D (this is 10 more of the daily value).
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