Which container to use for combined milk?
My local supermarket was out of 1% milk today, so I decided to get half a gallon of 2% and half a gallon of skim milk and combine the two at home. Now I'm wondering in what I should store the combined milk...
I still have a 1 gallon container from the last milk I purchased which I can use. There's a tiny bit of milk left in there, but it will be finished by today. The only thing I'm worried about is that, even if I wash the container the best I can, it will still have traces of bacteria in there from the old milk. Does this mean, then, that I should treat the expiration date of the combined milk as the same date printed on the old container?
Should I store the milk in some other container (e.g. a pitcher)? Should I temporarily combine the two in a pitcher, then put them back in the two half gallon containers they came with? Any other ideas?
Best Answer
Don't reuse an old milk jug for storing the new, combined milk. The standard plastics used in milk jugs in most areas cannot be properly sanitized for reuse (even with standard sanitizing solutions).
Instead, use a properly sanitized and covered glass or plastic container, preferably one that you clean in a hot water dish washer. Milk stored in a properly cleaned container will have the maximum shelf life (and reduced chance of other contaminants).
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Before expressing or handling breast milk, wash your hands with soap and water. Then store the expressed milk in a clean, capped food-grade glass container or hard plastic container that's not made with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). You can also use special plastic bags designed for milk collection and storage.Can you pour milk into another container?
Serve milk from its own handy container. If you do pour milk into another container to serve, don't pour the unused milk back into the original carton. Milk is sensitive to other food odours. If left in an open container, milk can pick up odours and flavours of other foods in the fridge.What container is milk stored in?
Plastic milk containers are plastic containers for storing, shipping and dispensing milk. Plastic bottles, sometimes called jugs, have largely replaced glass bottles for home consumption.What do you call the container for milk?
A milk container used by general consumers is called milk carton or box (maybe less frequently). But in some languages it is also called 'milk pack' when literally translated in English, such as Dutch 'melkpak' or Japanese \u725b\u4e73\u30d1\u30c3\u30af (gyunyu pakku).What is milk container used for?
Reusing plastic milk jugs around the home is one of the best uses. You can use them in your home to make a Sewing Room Fabric Scrap Storage system or a Sandwich or Snack Container. In your garden, you can use them to make Wall Planters, a Watering Jug or a Milk Jug Birdfeeder.The 411 on Combining Pumped Breastmilk! Fresh. Cold. Frozen.
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