Milk

The one I know of made in Utah, is Gossner. On its voyage from Utah to Afghanistan I don't believe it is refrigerated.
I was thinking rotate it every 6 months or so if you don't refrigerate it. Longer if you do.

 

Got my case of Gossner whole milk yesterday and tried it out today. Tastes fine to me. Expiration date is May 2017 (10 Months). Will see what it's like at expiration.

 

I've recently started using coconut mile from a can in my coffee. it's very rich fat content and it some in a can which I find useful for storage. I have not tried baking with it yet or tried it on cereal. I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised by the taste of coconut milk

 

UHT is a regular thing here, I always keep a few in the pantry for emergencies and out in the remote areas is is about the only milk you see (unless there is a roadhouse around). Back on the family station it was the only option. Same as when I was travelling in Mozambique, never saw anything but UHT, certainly "real" milk when I was back in JoBurg/Pretoria. You quickly adapt to the taste of UHT.

 

I get Gossner from our local dollar tree. stuff works good for me. I use it when I forget to stop off for milk.

 

Forgot to try the milk at expiration 4/27/17 but remembered 5 months past that. Chilled it down last night and tried it today and is just fine. I'm going to start using it now and will save one to try 1 year after expiration.

 

I've never had Gossner brand but I've drunk UHT milk since I was a young teen. I love milk and I'd bring some on every scout camp and keep it cold in the lake...not because it needed it, just because I prefer milk cold.

 

Gossner is a vendor to Nestles for Nestles branded UHT- so good QC. We get the QT boxes but once in a while can find the one cup 'Juicy box' sized units - just the thing for camping. (OK, going out in the van)

We buy it by the case at Sam's Club or Costco - whoever has it on sale. It usually has 11+ months before it hits the BIUB date. It is an acquired taste. For years we used non-instant, non-fat dry milk (DairyX) - raised on kiddos on it due to the price of 'fresh' milk here in AK - long ago.

My wife first ran across this in 1970 while traveling in France for a college course. While she's not a real fan, we use it for cooking and everything else that calls for milk.

 

Well tried my almost 13 months expired milk today and it still tastes just fine. Stored in the house pantry so no problems with that temperature storage 65 to 75 degrees. Did not save any others to find out how long it will last. I have a rule about storing anything that has dairy products in it, 1 year past expiration and that's it.

 

Powdered milk - Wikipedia

Nonfat, non-instant dry milk is one of the better LTS foods you can put in yuor pantry.
How Long Does Powdered Milk Last? Shelf life, Storage, Exp

Price, is about that of whole milk in the store, with a better shelf life

 

From the chart you posted:
Powdered Milk lasts for 2-10 Years past printed date

That is quite a spread, 2-10 years. I am assuming it is one of those things that needs to pass the smell test. I wonder if the 2-10 years past expiration date also applies to Nido. I have a few cans that I have picked up on sale.

 

For the Nido product - NO. The product is whole milk and has fat, that limits storage to just past the best of used by date.

I apologize for the posting, it was done from a tablet. (ugh)

LDS folks say that Non-fat, non-instant dry milk "packaged and stored properly", should be good for 30+ years.
(Dry Milk Storage Tips - ensign)
Nonfat dry milk is a good storage food because of its low moisture and fat content. Recently scientists analyzed a nonfat dry milk sample which had been stored for twenty years; 70 percent of the lysine was still available. Subsequent feeding studies demonstrated that this old nonfat dry milk still promoted good growth in experimental animals.

See also https://ndfs.byu.edu/Portals/7/docs/research/AnApproachToLongerTermFoodStorageSept2015.pdf

 

Was going through my preps yesterday and came across a case (12) cartons of UHT milk that I screwed up and did not rotate out. It will be 4 years expired in July. My rule with anything that has dairy products in it is use it up no more then a year after expiration. Since I screwed up I said what the hell lets see if it's still good. Had it in the fridge overnight and tried it today, it is still good. Will continue going through the case and if I end up sick or in the hospital I'll edit this post if I make it, lol.

 

When milk goes bad, you know it. I hear if the pasturization doesn't kill all the bacteria your milk turns into black sludge after several months.

 

If liquid milk is spoiled, expansion pressure will most likely deform the container, it will smell unwholesome, taste disgusting, and look more like chunky yoghurt than free flowing liquid of uniform consistency.

 

Exactly. Had a case of evaporated milk stored that had to be a bad batch and a few cans exploded. What a mess!!!