1 percent, 2 percent, whole milk, skim...

[Miss Jasmine]

I use Light Soy (Silk brand), so I voted Yuck.

 

[reeeoga]

I like whole, but buy 2%.

 

[Chantilly]

I've always loved the creamy sweetness of whole milk but I get all bloated so it's soy milk for me. I do sneak a bit of the whole at the holidays but I definitely pay for it!

 

[goudaman40]

Currently it's Skim Milk for me . . . Since I found out I was pregnant, my milk intake has gone from 1 gallon a week to 3 gallons.

It seems like I am paying as much for milk per month as I do for gas.

 

[luvtogo12]

Skim milk for my family. When the kids were younger, we drank 2%
Now, anything other than skim, the kids won't even drink.
After DH's heart attack last year, we learned that whole milk contains only 3%
fat! I thought the fat content was much higher and when we were drinking 2%, I thought we were doing a really good thing. Yes, 2% fat is better than 3% but I thought we had made a major change in our diets.

 

[Liliyana]

Skim has the longest expiration date because there's no fat to go rancid.

Definitely not true anyplace I've ever shopped- the skim milk always has a very-near expiration, 1% a bit longer, 2% a bit longer than that, with whole having the furthest-out dates. Maybe people just buy mostly whole-milk in areas I've lived, so it gets replaced quicker at the stores?

 

[AuntieM03]

I never thought it would happen but I actually prefer the taste of Skim now.

 

[Blondiex46]

my kids need everything that is in whole milk cause they don't take vitamins and just because there bones are developing. They have broken so many things that they need all the calcium that they can get.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

A point of contention in my house. Milk, to me, is not milk unless it is whole. DH will not drink the stuff, and is currently on 1%. I buy it for him, as I don't drink enough to warrant my own gallon. But, when I do get a taste of the real stuff...ahh, heaven.

 

[PlainJane]

I use to drink 2 percent, but switched over to skim and it now tastes way better than 2 percent. I'll sometimes drink it when we're at a restaurant, but I would much rather have skim.

 

[PghLybrt]

Soy or rice. If we have to use milk only organic and at that point I really do not care if it is 2% or whole....

 

[ZachnElli]

We are a big milk drinking family. I usually buy 4 gallons at the beginning of the week and by Friday have to buy more! Anyway, skim for me and it has been 2% for everyone else, but just last week I bought them 1%. Kids haven't noticed, but dh has!

 

[sunee]

Lactaid, Fat-free.

 

[fabshelly]

I voted whole because you don't have half-and-half there as a choice. Delicious, and only 1 carb.

 

[mikron]

You're preference?

I've been buying 1 percent for years. I don't mind 2 percent and think whole milk is too thick and sweet. Skim? Yuck!

Whole milk is between 3 and 4 percent fat, so 2 or 1 percent is not that much different. If you use skim or also labled fat free and don't use your mind to taste it you might get to like it even by itself.

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

Well, DH would like me to buy whole milk and I'd prefer to buy 1% so I compromise and buy 2%.

This is what we do, too.

 

[katerkat]

All of the above. I drink 2%, Russ drinks whole, and I drink skim in my lattes.

 

[Cass]

1% Organic

 

[Mrs.Toad]

my kids need everything that is in whole milk cause they don't take vitamins and just because there bones are developing. They have broken so many things that they need all the calcium that they can get.

The only difference between whole milk, 1%, 2%, and skim is the fat content. Skim has just as much calcium and protein as whole, in fact, it has a teeny bit more, because when you remove the fat, you have more room for the good stuff.

Now, kids do need fat for brain development, so I'm not saying skim is necessarily better for them, but it doesn't have less calcium.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

skim for me, and for the rest of the crew it's 2%