Milk - Skimmed Or Semi Skimmed?

[Eve]

I was chatting to someone the other day who said that skimmed milk is a bit of a con as, although it is lower in fat than semi-skimmed milk, they ramp up the sugar content to make it taste better.

I was checking a few labels earlier and seems they are right about the figures though which, if either, is actually better for you?

[Old_Geezer]

They put sugar in milk before selling it ? Surely not.

As a kid it was always full fat. Have got used to skimmed in adult life, mainly for diet purposes I suspect. Have the occasional full fat pint ( there's one in the fridge now but mainly because the supermarket wasn't competent enough to have the SS one I was looking for).

Full fat no longer tastes good in tea for me now. Fully skimmed still seems like white water and thus pointless.

[Old_Geezer]

Re the last question as opposed to the one in the title: I'm unsure one can pick 'better for you' as a health type thing, it has the same ingredients apart from a bit of fat doesn't it ? Any difference is marginal.

[ummmm]

I use semi skimmed. Now if I use full fat milk it's like putting cream in my coffee. It's okay to drink on its own though.

[whiskeryron]

Skimmed UHT in tea,coffee & on breakfast cereal, & when having a coffee out at Costa, De-Caff Skinney Latte. Love it.

WR.

[ummmm]

I love UHT milk.

I don't buy it now because I just drink it all :-)

[mccfluff]

i use all three, because i can

but my fave is uht skimmed ice cold

[modeller]

I have to put in more ss in tea to get the right color and taste. Which rather misses the point .