Noticed on the weekend that Coles has dropped the price of its 3 litre milk to match the per-litre price of its 2 litre variety. This is not a temporary special, but priced to remain low. Nice.
Coles 3 Litre Light & Full Cream Milk - $3
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$1 for each litre…
It's $1 a litre for a minimum purchase of 2 litres. Otherwise it is $1.25 a litre.
Or 1 litre
It is good value, however the milk is not the best quality.
($1 a litre - Aldi and Woolworths are doing this now as well to compete)
Yes it is milk, it tastes like milk. However for specific tasks such as coffee making it is not very good to use. .
I prefer a Pauls or a farmers union. Nicer taste, you can tell the difference.
Placebo is very powerful
If you want Pauls milk, go to IGA and get the family choice brand.
But either way, the majority of milk is the same, only varying in which generic brand comes from which brand.
ANY full cream milk (excluding A2 milk etc) you buy has a generic from the same cow, you just need to know which one (assuming you are some kind of food expert and can tell the difference)
I am pretty sure Woolworths and Pauls are from the same processing plant. The dead give away is the batch numbering printed on the bottles.
However this does not mean they are the SAME milk.
You must realise that cows are different - different farms and different feed/grass/pastures.
You might be right, my info is a little old, I can't remember who exactly gets it from Pauls and maybe Supermarkets change every few years depending on what price deals they get.
Either way, there are only a few unique places to get your milk.
So sorry to say, if you think Pauls is different to X brand which is also different to X brand, chances are you suffer from EPD (Extreme Placebo Disorder)
You must realise that cows are different - different farms and different feed/grass/pastures.
Homogenisation kind of puts paid to that theory dude! ;)
Placebo is very powerful
taste buds and smell are more powerful
the last couple of time i bought this, it had an unusual smell and taste… i returned it and got a refund and switched back to Pura, now i usually buy A2 milk…
that was over a year ago, but i'm never going to switch back to Coles milk after that…
sure, and it has been proven that the same 'whisky' tastes completely different, depending on whether a plain or ornate bottle was placed behind the glass. The person didn't even have to see it poured from the bottle, they were just presented with a filled glass in front of a bottle.
I have friends who swear generic (especially Home Brand) products have 'something wrong' with them. Either they're poor quality, or made from stale or old ingredients (usually both). This belief applies to products such as water, milk and sugar which are plainly the same as their more expensive branded counterparts.
Indeed, beware the placebo effect. Marketers have been using it for decades to get us to willingly pay more. Slap a prettier label on the box and the product is now worth 30% more.
Unfortunately I proved your placebo theory wrong myself - Dad and I always argued about the same thing for years, but because I can taste the differences but he can't, I decided to do a test to prove fact from fiction for both of us: I deliberately bought three different bottles of milk on the same day, they all had the same expiry date. I bought both Woollies and Coles 'Home Branded' stuff, and Dairy Farmers.
Both the home brands went off the day before the printed expiry date, but the Dairy Farmers was still usable the day after the expiry date.
I tried same experiment again with ALDI milk and Coles home brand. The ALDI milk tasted just fine the day before the expiry date and was still usable on the expiry date. The Coles milk had a slightly cheesy smell the day before the expiry date and didn't taste right. It curdled my tea when used on the expiry date.
All milk bottles were stored in the same fridge in the same place in the fridge, and I alternated them each I used them so the open bottles spent the same (short) amount of time outside the fridge while making tea/breakfast etc.
It could be different delivery trucks, different storage containers, different something, but the different brands of milk had different expiry dates.
Now if I buy ALDI milk I buy 3 litres, but if I buy Coles home brand I buy 2 litres because I know it will go off if not used fast enough.
This test did nothing to prove milk tasted different, apart from showing some milk brands went bad faster than others. This will DEFINITELY affect taste if you purchase large quantities of milk and use it over time, as opposed to buying smaller amounts and using them very quickly.
oh yeah and Procal
I will try to remember the name of a very good local milk.
You can get it unhomogenised as well, it is very nice to drink , very creamy.
They sell at local farmers markets
Well the milk must be different depending where in the country you are.
For my location I prefer Woolworths milk over Coles, I can never get the Coles stuff to froth properly with the steam wand on the coffee machine.
I have to say though since the floods the milk seems different in Woolworths, more creamy. Dont know if that's real or illusion though!
Glad that you prefer Farmers Union to the generic home brand stuffs.. However, you did confirm that it is just a placebo effect that Farmers Union is perceived as being better than the home brand stuffs. You probably should be aware that Farmers Union milk are made by National Food, which makes Pura, and the WW, Coles home brand stuffs, from the same factory. I agree. You can you tell the same difference. Different formulation? Hmmm…
The last time I went to Coles, their 1 Litre cartons were at $1.25, advertised as a permanent reduction. 2L bottles were $2.00, and obviously 3L bottles at $3.00.
Over at Aldi, the price of 3L bottles is currently $2.89 which works out to be 96.3 cents per litre.
aldi milk gets my vote. 1L lite or full cream = $1.19, 2L = $1.99, 3L = $2.89
i infact buy both devondale and coles milk. To be honest i prefer the coles milk better. I like the taste. I buy devondale when they are on sale as backup stock.
Yes but coles milk is watered down. It is not suitable for coffee as it is too runny and doesn't make consistent microfoam. Dairy farmers is the best for coffee IMO.
Their lite milk sometimes has issues of being watery in my experience, but their full cream is the same as any other.
it's the cream which makes the full cream milk… not sure how you can replace the cream with something else, to give you the creamy feeling.
not sure how you can replace the cream with something else
artificial cream? ok.. reducing the cream from full cream milk to reduce fat, and then replacing that with an artificial cream manufactured from vege oil..
DF skim milk is extremely watery if u do coffee with it. Lite white or New is the way to go.
@ nubsy Where r u getting this from. Like i said i use both devondale and coles full cream milk. I never felt it was runny or anything like that.
Where do you find information on full cream milk being watered down? The ingredients do not list water…? I blind taste tested with my kids coles milk and some fancy milk in a plastic bag that was twice the price… they preferred the coles.
if it is less than 5 per cent of the food, water does not have to be listed at all…
There are legal limits as to the adjustment of cows milk made available for sale in Australia as set out in the Food Standards Code 2.5.1 available here:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/_srcfiles/Standard_2_5_1_Mil…However, addition of water is NOT one of the acceptable alterations defined thus:
"Packaged cow’s milk for retail sale may be adjusted to comply with the
compositional requirements in the Table to subclause (1) by the addition of and/or
withdrawal of milk components, provided the adjustment does not alter the whey protein to
casein ratio of the milk being adjusted."
(emphasis added)
ie you can add milk fat or whey and casein but that's about it! (and those additives would have to be listed on the Ingredients list)I thought it was a well known and reported about fact that some brands of milk are 'watered down' with Whey…..apparently not amongst OzB'ers though….
all milk is manufactured nowadays. that way it is consistent all year round. otherwise the fat content varies depending on the season due to eating either grass or feed.
Pretty sure Woolworths/Safeway are matching this price as well - saw a "2L for $2" sign in the window when I walked in over the weekend. Helpful for those that don't/can't shop at Coles. :)
Great deal and I love when one business forces the others to do the same ;) If you are complaining that your coffee is too watery why not add some milk powder?
Or if you live in Melbourne and are a Costco member 3 litres of milk is only $2.79.
but you have to pay to join, so it is technically $52.79
but after 250 bottles you are in front.
They probably make you buy a slab of 24 x 3 litre bottles though…
I guess their milk is cheaper than the udders
BOOM BOOM! love it
that joke is offal…
but requiring a costco membership in the first place, that point is somewhat moot.
(subtle one i know)
Well it's a worthwhile investment if you are planning on buying other products too.
All this talk about the different milks tasting different is a load of bull
I think home brand milk uses older stock. It goes off a lot quicker than the other brands even with the same expiry dates.
Gahh, it is just milk. Who cares?!
The Dairy farmers who are getting royally screwed care!
I feel guilty every time I buy Milk.. I tend to buy based on longevity of Use By date than on price, but when the dates are the same, I'll choose on price.I hope you're wrong, and that the farmers aren't having to take a pay cut.
If they are, it'll probably cripple a lot of farms, and they may have to shut….and then no milk at all, and then we'll all be drinking Soy…..yuk.this makes total cents!
Supermarkets tell suppliers how much they will pay, when they want to reduce prices, they just tell them to reduce their prices!
The reasons why farmers comply is because of a top secret government conspiracy that only supermarkets know about. Something to do with cows being responsible for the Brisbane Floods.
ITS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THE MILK PRICES GO DOWN AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FLOODS, THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE!
I'm going to start my OWN shop, and force farmers to charge me 2 cents for every 2L bottle. I WILL CONTROL THE WORLD WITH MY CHEAP MILK PRICES!
An article in Herald Sun had Coles saying they weren't paying farmers any different due to the price cut.
It's ridiculous that milk is cheaper than water.
How much is 600ml of Mount Franklin these days? $2.50?And milk is HEAPS cheaper than petrol.
And astronauts travelled to the moon in 1969. It's a non sequitur. What does the price of petrol have to do with milk? The two commodities are not linked in any way.
I remember 15 years ago petrol was only about 60c a litre and milk $1 a litre. Since then petrol has doubled and milk stayed the same… I think its a bit weird.
well…without going into the details…one would superficially think that it'd be cheaper to raise, look after & milk a cow in australia & pasteurise the milk, package, transport etc., than it is to drill for oil overseas, refine it, then ship it over to australia. etc.
i don't know myself…. - but i'm just saying…!
where do you get your milk from ????
I pay 0.153 cents per litre for my water…
you can't compare Mt Franklin water with dero-coles milk, that's like saying 'Why is this Ferrari so much more expensive than this holden when the holden has more seats and boot space?'
i think you'll find that dero-coles water is cheaper than dero-coles milk.
Mt Franklin refined tap water?
is that what you think of ferrari?
or did you think there actually WAS a mountain called Mt Franklin ?Now just add a little sugar and flavour and you can charge $3+ for 2 Litres (coke), and get frequent drinker points at your local dentist….
Ok, so maybe Mt Franklin aren't the Ferrari of water. I don't know where Mt Franklin water comes from, personally I drink tap water.
I was just pointing out that you can't compare generic things with premium brands.
I can't tell if you are being serious or not.
69 cents = 1.5L of Homebrand Water
$2 = 2L of Homebrand MilkWater is cheaper.
The only reason Mount Franklin costs so much is because thats what people are willing to pay for Water from the centre of the earth or whatever BS they think they are getting :)
I buy a 10l cask of water for $5 or so. Mount franklin is cheap if you buy it in bulk. It usually costs $2 from vending machine.
It's not really ridiculous if you know how we produce milk these days.
Welcome to the {wonderful|sad} world of factory farming!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farmingmilk is cheaper than water, only because water is overpriced. you are paying CCA to drink a 'branded' water.
a 1.25 ltr of home brand water cost around 90cents. cheaper than a litre of home brand milk.
Gladstone Park Woolworths (VIC) is selling 2L Lite for $2.29 and 3L Lite for $3.29 - can anyone confirm other stores Milk price? I think Woolworths is only price matching the regular Milk.
the woolworths here in central vic has 2L for $2 and 3L for $3 just bought 3L last night. Not sure if it is an everyday price of just a limited promotion.
I'm just glad they've reduced the price of 1 litre cartons, I don't use a lot of milk myself, so pouring out the unused remains of a 2 or 3 litre bottle after a couple of weeks is anathema to a stingy bastard like me! ;)
I agree, but even when I want to use a lot of milk, I just buy many 1L cartons.
This way you always get fresh milk as you can freshly open them when you need it.
yep - I'm going to start buying more 1L cartons if the price per litre is the same - no waste, and I'll feel just like Michael Jordan, who liked the "new sneakers" feel so much, he wore a new pair every game he played. I think I'll take the same approach to my milk.
i dont recommend wearing milk as footwear…….
make butter or yogurt or cheese out of what you don't drink…
Yeah, I forgot I was Amish! :p
Is there any difference between the cartons and bottled milk in term of nutritional value? The cartons one have much longer expiry date.
I had a 1L bottle of Coles milk tonight & it tasted way better than the last carton of the same I had. I'm not sure if the diff was all in my head or not, next time I might buy one of each for a 'pepsi challenge'!
BTW, it's not as nice as A2 or Pauls Gold, but quite decent and significantly cheaper! :)
Sliced bread is also now $1 a loaf… Coles brand… Permanent price drop also..
down from $1.09. woot !
I buy rats milk. You pay a premium because the rats are hand milked. mm Delicious.
Rats? I'm outraged! You promised me dog or higher.
does free range rats help?
Can't get enough of Vitamin R!
Plus it lasts much longer. Because nobody will drink it.
at the milk prossecors they remove all milk fat solids then they set the amount of milk solids that are returned to the milk during production this verys from brand to brand then the rest of the milk fat/solids are used to make creams and yougurt
coles and woolworths do not own any processing or production factorys or COWS there brands are purchased from the big brands
it is illeagel to add water to milk every drop from your carton came from a cow they just process the crap out of it to maximise there profits
This is also just a ploy by coles/woolworths to undermine the brand name milk thus reducing competition don't think for a minute the big 2 are doing us any favour in the long term
so…..why does this deserve a neg?
because they are trying to get a monopoly/duopoly on the milk industry… you lose in the long term…
No you don't… you win. I can't believe people are whinging about cheaper milk! You guys are just never pleased.
Stop whinging bit*hes, go get your cheap milk and have a doughnut ffs!
Many tests were done on various milk brands, there is little to no difference in content. In fact a dairy farmer, tasted various milks with no labels and rated woolworths home brand as the best one. Go figure!
It was later revealed though that the farmer was a supplier of Woolworths milk…
"Doctor Glenys Hough believes consumers will be buying lower quality milk if they buy the $1 per litre supermarket brand."
Coz he wants to be noticed, he wants to stand out from the crowd. If milk at $1 per litre is not a bargain, i'd like to know what is.
i'm not saying its not a bargain its a good deal but is it good for Australia in the long term NO if coles or woolworths buy a milk proccessing plant and or a dairy farm then we are on a level playing field until then you tell me if the brand name milks have as much space in your local coles or woolys as it did prior to this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So why the negative vote then? You admit it's a bargain, the site is called ozbargain, yet you neg it. If it looks like a bargain, smells like a bargain, tastes like a bargain, it must be a bargain.
no need to defend your post like its a dairy farm its not a good long term bargain and its claimed to be permenent i say Bullshit to coles and woolys
i’m not saying its not a bargain its a good deal
so then you should revoke your neg……..
spout all you like about the industry, I'm sure some will be interested…. just don't neg the deal
it seems that his spelling can also "very"
lmao, my thoughts exactly. You get 2 votes if I could!
Apparently one of the mods does not share our sense of humour.
there, their, they're - these are different words
they have different meanings
different usageslearn them
because you sound like a ranting crazythe big brands do not own any processing or production factorys or COWS either. coles doesn't make their brand cookies, bread, etc. does that make them all magically bad?
So Coles are promoting that their beef used for meat are hormone free. Can they assure me that their dairy cattle used to source their milk is also hormone free?
So Coles are promoting that their beef used for meat are hormone free.
Where did you read that ???
All i can find is that Coles don't ADD any hormones…
http://meat.coles.com.auThat does not mean the meat from there does not contain hormones…
Ho hum…….
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Their 1 litre has also gone down to $1.20 i think.