https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:48:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1290027 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:58:51 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 1290027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only buy organic milk. I found that it tastes better than regular milk. I sent DH to the store and he accidentally bought regular milk. I could tell the difference right away.</p> <p> Maybe you got a bad carton? It shouldn't taste spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1290015 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:51:29 +0000 pinkcupcake 1290015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: that's awesome. I wish we had a cow! </p> <p>We drink grass fed milk - it's a little pricier but I think it's worth it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1289984 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:22:42 +0000 littleveesmommy 1289984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to buy Horizons organic which is ultra pasteurized and didn't taste a difference since I always drank ultra pasteurized. A few months back I started buying organic frm local farm that's pasteurized at low heat for min time and not homogenized. Two weeks ago I had to buy horizons since I forgot to go to farmers market and the ultra pasteurized now tastes weird to me! Maybe the taste from process? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1289057 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:06:05 +0000 78h2o 1289057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I do the same.<br /> I don't feel like organic tastes different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1289050 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:04:06 +0000 Torchwood 1289050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely shouldn't taste spoiled, but as folks above have said, the different pasteurization process does give it a different flavor. Sort of a sweet flavor, because the high heat used caramelizes just a little of the sugar in it.</p> <p>@septca: What brand? I was drinking a grass fed they had at whole foods, but I was getting whole, and it wasn't homogenized. So the fat wound up in chunks that I had to strain out, or heat it to melt them, neither of which was much fun.</p> <p>I'd prefer raw milk, but it's illegal to sell it here. At some point I'm going to try to convince DH to do the thing where you buy a share in a cow in exchange for raw milk, but right now I still let milk go bad sometimes since I'm the only one drinking it, so not worth investing in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1289033 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:00:40 +0000 PurplePeony 1289033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drink mostly Organic Valley or sometimes the Whole Foods 365 brand. The 365 brand is just regular pasteurized, not ultra, and Organic Valley comes both ways (the cartons you open the old-fashioned way to create the pour spout are regular, the ones with a built-in plastic spout are ultra-pasteurized). I think the ultra stuff tastes weird so I only buy it in a pinch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1289007 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:54:30 +0000 Ash 1289007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm. I buy regular ol milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288993 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:51:13 +0000 avivoca 1288993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy mine from a local dairy. It shouldn't taste spoiled, maybe it was a bad batch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288986 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:48:42 +0000 googly-eyes 1288986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy regular but hormone free skim milk which is really only for cereal, and organic whole milk for LO. She seems to like it just fine although we just switched. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288970 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:45:24 +0000 MCD919 1288970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really drink milk because I have a mild dairy intolerance... but when I did buy it, or buy for DH, it's always organic. Now I buy almond milk, which is cheaper! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288896 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:29:14 +0000 fancyfunction 1288896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been using it this week since M just switched over to milk. I figured it's easier to just buy one container for all of us. But I only use milk in cereal and coffee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288868 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:23:59 +0000 Greentea 1288868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Organic valley is my fav. It is local and a really good company! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288803 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:04:47 +0000 septca 1288803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FarmWifeGina: Agree. In fact, my favorite brand of milk just released a grass fed version. I am going to switch to that as soon as we run out of milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288786 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:57:10 +0000 FarmWifeGina 1288786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, from our own cow. But we drink it raw and I have no idea what super pasteurized milk tastes like. WTH? I've never heard that organic milk is super pasteurized and I'm curious why they do this. That just seems weird to me.<br /> I know that we can definitely taste when our cow gets into a patch of wormwood or something, but I'm pretty sure that any feed flavors are neutralized during the pasteurization process.<br /> But "organic" is not synonymous with "grass-fed". A lot of organic cows are housed and fed the exact same way as conventional cows, just no hormones and the organic versions of those grains, silage, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288779 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:54:30 +0000 septca 1288779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try a different brand. I personally don't love Horizon - I think it tastes weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288757 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:47:26 +0000 MamaChin 1288757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Target brand is $3.79 for a half gallon, we buy the ones with DHA for LO so the regular organic may be cheaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288755 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:47:07 +0000 mrsjyw 1288755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I don't drink much milk, but we always have a half gallon of organic whole milke in our fridge (DS drinks almond) as a just in case for baking, DS, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288749 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:45:03 +0000 Smurfette 1288749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We buy organic cause neither of us drink milk. So we have on hand just for cooking. But the organic half gallon lasts longer then the regular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288741 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:42:43 +0000 twinmama 1288741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think super pastuerized milk tastes odd, like a cooked taste, but not spoiled.</p> <p>I buy local, less pastuerized milk because I love the taste so much more. I know I should be buying organic too, especially since we drink so much..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288735 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:39:21 +0000 Mamaof2 1288735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm Ok thanks - maybe I will try a different brand next time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288732 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:38:30 +0000 LBee 1288732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Similar to what @PSW27, we don't have a LO so we don't go through milk that fast -- the best part of organic milk is that it lasts like 3 weeks longer. </p> <p>I can't personally taste any kind of difference, but I never thought milk had much of a taste anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288730 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:38:06 +0000 JoJoGirl 1288730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nooo it should taste better, not spoiled. Maybe a bad batch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288722 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:36:57 +0000 psw27 1288722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine never tastes spoiled! In fact, organic milk is usually super pasteurized so it lasts longer on the shelves... </p> <p>It could be what the cows are eating that makes it taste different to you (grass versus corn) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-organic-cows-milk#post-1288716 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:34:20 +0000 Mamaof2 1288716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read the other day that if you only buy 1 organic thing it should be cows milk - I never buy organic since its too $$ for our budget but I figured ok, lets do organic cows milk.</p> <p>I bought a local brand that was the cheapest at 3.99 for 1/2 gallon</p> <p>Anyway - its tastes super weird! Almost like its spoiled but smells totally fine - is this normal??? </p>