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Old 14-09-2012, 11:22
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Why is it that milk is only sold in large bottles or cumbersome paper cartons?

Why can't you buy a small bottle of milk as a drink you can have on the go, instead of cola, juice etc?

Seems like we should have this, in these health-conscious times.
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Old 14-09-2012, 12:20
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Asda do 250ml bottles, I think they are disney branded or something.
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Old 14-09-2012, 12:56
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We can be 250ml bottles of milk in many places in Scotland with just the regular dairies branding.
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Old 14-09-2012, 13:09
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I stayed in a hotel recently where they put a mini plastic carton of milk(250ml I suppose)in the fridge instead of those awful UHT things. It was a real nice touch, I thought
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Old 14-09-2012, 13:23
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Why is it that milk is only sold in large bottles or cumbersome paper cartons?

Why can't you buy a small bottle of milk as a drink you can have on the go, instead of cola, juice etc?

Seems like we should have this, in these health-conscious times.
In health conscious times cows milk is not the ideal drink by any means, an extremely unnatural product for humans to be drinking. You can buy small cartons of soya and almond milk which would be a healthier alternative though there isn't much wrong with water.
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Old 14-09-2012, 13:25
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What's wrong with cows milk?
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Old 14-09-2012, 14:36
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In health conscious times cows milk is not the ideal drink by any means, an extremely unnatural product for humans to be drinking. You can buy small cartons of soya and almond milk which would be a healthier alternative though there isn't much wrong with water.
Drinking cow's milk is no less natural than eating cow meat so I don't agree with you there.

Personally I would like the option at lunchtime or whatever to be able to buy a small milk drink to have with my food, or even as a cooling drink. Much better than some fizzy sugary chemical rubbish!
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Old 14-09-2012, 16:17
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Drinking cow's milk is no less natural than eating cow meat so I don't agree with you there.
On the contrary drinking milk was a recent development and well over half the human race can't even digest it properly. Meat eating is a bit more natural as our ancestors will have eaten some meat for a while although for most of the time it won't have been cooked.

Personally I would like the option at lunchtime or whatever to be able to buy a small milk drink to have with my food, or even as a cooling drink. Much better than some fizzy sugary chemical rubbish!
Indeed and that is up to you, just don't pretend it is healthy. (Obviously coke etc is also unhealthy).
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Old 14-09-2012, 16:30
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Drinking cow's milk is no less natural than eating cow meat so I don't agree with you there.

Personally I would like the option at lunchtime or whatever to be able to buy a small milk drink to have with my food, or even as a cooling drink. Much better than some fizzy sugary chemical rubbish!
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All the major supermarkets do milk in a small plastic 1 pint carton, ideal for lunch etc.
When you do your shopping get a few in and then you will be able to take it to work for your lunch.
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Old 14-09-2012, 16:44
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You used to be able to buy milk in cans. It was in the fridges next to cans of pop.

http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.u...milk-in-a-can/


The only time I had it is why I was on holiday in I think Somerset.
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Old 14-09-2012, 17:00
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In health conscious times cows milk is not the ideal drink by any means, an extremely unnatural product for humans to be drinking. You can buy small cartons of soya and almond milk which would be a healthier alternative though there isn't much wrong with water.
Soya damages the planet and encourages deforestation and slavery.

Soya is also very bad for the human body. It causes malnutrition, digestive distress, thyroid problems, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders, immune system breakdown, even heart disease and cancer
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Old 14-09-2012, 17:19
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I assume the reason will be profit. With the big bottles at £1-ish now what would you charge for 250ml? 10p? The container would cost that!
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Old 14-09-2012, 18:45
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Soya damages the planet and encourages deforestation and slavery.
No that is livestock farming. Almost all of the soya grown in such places is grown to be fed to cattle. Growing food to be fed directly to humans is much better for the planet than the inefficient process of going via other animals.

Soya is also very bad for the human body. It causes malnutrition, digestive distress, thyroid problems, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders, immune system breakdown, even heart disease and cancer
It's impossible to respond to such nonsense, I suggest you go away and learn something about the subject.
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Old 14-09-2012, 20:37
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I assume the reason will be profit. With the big bottles at £1-ish now what would you charge for 250ml? 10p? The container would cost that!
250 ml bottles cost 3 for a pound.
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Old 14-09-2012, 22:33
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I was just thinking, milk still gets supplied to my kids school for under 5's in small bottles so it must be being bottled somewhere.
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Old 15-09-2012, 10:01
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250 ml bottles cost 3 for a pound.
Have you got a link?

Even this isn't quite what I'm thinking of, though, as you wouldn't buy 3 bottles at lunchtime would you?
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Old 15-09-2012, 11:12
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Morrisons sell little bottles of milk, only semi skimmed though I believe.
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Old 15-09-2012, 12:24
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I remember being able to buy the small milk cartons here since I was at school.

Greggs sell it as well, 250ml or pint size.

You get Orange juice in the same square cartons as the pints of milk, almost all bakeries sell them here (Dundee) and are included in meal deals etc.

Boots too actually. I think they're bottles are 300ml.
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Old 15-09-2012, 14:40
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http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estor...=1214921923736

38p...pity about the Disney branding though! I bought one as I measure out my milk allowance into it each day


oops that link doesn't go direct to the milk, just the dairy products
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Old 15-09-2012, 18:19
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What's wrong with cows milk?
Except for it being disgusting?
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Old 15-09-2012, 19:14
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I can remember a milk vending machines in the late 60s/early 70s.

I tried it once, Queen Street Station in Cardiff I think. I remember it being messy as there were no easy open cartons in those days, and guess what, I didn't have a knife or pair if scissors on me.
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Old 16-09-2012, 07:17
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In health conscious times cows milk is not the ideal drink by any means, an extremely unnatural product for humans to be drinking. You can buy small cartons of soya and almond milk which would be a healthier alternative though there isn't much wrong with water.
Really? What's so unnatural about it?
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Old 16-09-2012, 07:18
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Except for it being disgusting?
In what way? Probably 90% or more of the population drink it, if it was disgusting they wouldn't would they?
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