Thickened milk?!?!? Breakfast in First today!
Apr 3, 2019, 5:39 am
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Thickened milk?!?!? Breakfast in First today!
Maybe I have not been paying attention, and missed the rollout of this product but I was offered cereal in First today flying BTV to ATL and the cereal came with a small carton of "thickened dairy product"! It was a small carton of milk that was thickened to the consistency of honey-it said so right on the carton. Is this the norm now? Is there a problem with old watery milk? Does this stuff keep longer, spill less? Just curious what others think. The FA had never seen it before either. It kind of sits on top of the cereal.
I tried to post pictures of it but can't as I am too new to posting here.
I tried to post pictures of it but can't as I am too new to posting here.
Apr 3, 2019, 5:47 am
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Maybe it's because of the 15 month room temp shelf life. I drink unsweetened almond milk because it tastes good enough and it's still ok to drink after being in the fridge for three months. I hate it when after one week I reach for the real milk and realize it has already gone bad.
Apr 3, 2019, 5:55 am
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Sounds like a first flight of the day out of a small outstation and no catering facility so your breakfast has to be shelf stable and most likely flew in the night before with that same equipment.
Apr 3, 2019, 6:08 am
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You can get shelf stable milk in a PET box without the added tapioca, sugar, thickeners, and artificial ingredients that come with whatever this is.
I stock shelf stable (UHT pasteurized) 2% milk at home for when I go on a trip and don't want to go to the grocery store when I get home and still want cold milk in the AM. It keeps for months before opening.
Not sure why this is provisioned, but it seems pretty nasty.
I stock shelf stable (UHT pasteurized) 2% milk at home for when I go on a trip and don't want to go to the grocery store when I get home and still want cold milk in the AM. It keeps for months before opening.
Not sure why this is provisioned, but it seems pretty nasty.
Apr 3, 2019, 6:22 am
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What was the old DuPont tag line? Better Living Through Chemistry.
From the Hormel Health Labs web pages:
Ingredients: Reduced Fat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Water, Xanthan Gum, Nonfat Dry Milk, Phosphate and Citrate Blend (Sodium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carrageenan (Contains Dextrose), Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Vitamin A Palmitate, Propylene Glycol, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS: MILK.
From the Hormel Health Labs web pages:
Ingredients: Reduced Fat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Water, Xanthan Gum, Nonfat Dry Milk, Phosphate and Citrate Blend (Sodium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carrageenan (Contains Dextrose), Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Vitamin A Palmitate, Propylene Glycol, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS: MILK.
Apr 3, 2019, 6:31 am
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They have been selling milk that doesn't need refrigeration and doesn't spoil for a long time in Europe for decades. It always seems weird to see the milk sitting on shelves at room temperature. AFAIK it's regular 2%, skim, etc. and isn't thick.
Apr 3, 2019, 6:57 am
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Ingredients: Reduced Fat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Water, Xanthan Gum, Nonfat Dry Milk, Phosphate and Citrate Blend (Sodium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carrageenan (Contains Dextrose), Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Vitamin A Palmitate, Propylene Glycol, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS: MILK.
Apr 3, 2019, 7:13 am
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Strange that is is that thick... at first I assumed it would be a little thicker like a cream with perhaps the purpose to reduce spills or splashing? But having it thick like honey or condensed milk is strange.
Apr 3, 2019, 10:34 am
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Maybe I have not been paying attention, and missed the rollout of this product but I was offered cereal in First today flying BTV to ATL and the cereal came with a small carton of "thickened dairy product"! It was a small carton of milk that was thickened to the consistency of honey-it said so right on the carton. Is this the norm now? Is there a problem with old watery milk? Does this stuff keep longer, spill less? Just curious what others think. The FA had never seen it before either. It kind of sits on top of the cereal.
I tried to post pictures of it but can't as I am too new to posting here.
I tried to post pictures of it but can't as I am too new to posting here.
Apr 3, 2019, 10:41 am
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What was the old DuPont tag line? Better Living Through Chemistry.
From the Hormel Health Labs web pages:
Ingredients: Reduced Fat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Water, Xanthan Gum, Nonfat Dry Milk, Phosphate and Citrate Blend (Sodium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carrageenan (Contains Dextrose), Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Vitamin A Palmitate, Propylene Glycol, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS: MILK.
From the Hormel Health Labs web pages:
Ingredients: Reduced Fat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Water, Xanthan Gum, Nonfat Dry Milk, Phosphate and Citrate Blend (Sodium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Hexametaphosphate), Carrageenan (Contains Dextrose), Locust Bean Gum, Polysorbate 80, Vitamin A Palmitate, Propylene Glycol, Vitamin D3. CONTAINS: MILK.
Apr 3, 2019, 2:44 pm
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I'd hope so. But at the same time, I can't help but wonder why the hell aan airline catering operation even has this product on hand. Is this supposed to be an ingredient, rather than an end product to be served to consumers?
Apr 3, 2019, 2:54 pm
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As for OP I'm guessing that someone ordered the wrong stuff. The product is designed for those with dysphagia, a problem swallowing. It's made by Hormel Health Labs. This is a product that's not really meant to be used by anyone else.