If you're talking about vat pasteurization versus flash pasteurization, you can get vat pasteurized milk in the US. I really think the people who say that raw milk tastes better should try drinking non-homogenized vat pasteurized milk.
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"Flash pasteurisation" is just how we pasteurised milk which I'm pretty sure it's the industry standard here. It's (apparently) the best compromise for killing the most bacteria while denaturing the fewest proteins.
aug 17, 2025, 9:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Ultra pasteurised is not a term I've heard, but UHT (ultra heat treated) is a process you see hear, but you get very shelf stable milk from it, it's typically used for hospitality like hotels etc. I thought it was longer than 2 seconds, but I'm not personally familiar with it so I can't be sure.
aug 17, 2025, 9:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Not sure if you use the same terminology as the US, in case you don't: vat pasteurization is 63 ºC for 30 minutes, flash pasteurization is 72 ºC for 15 seconds, ultra-pasteurization is 138 ºC for 2 seconds.
aug 17, 2025, 7:51 pm • 2 0 • view
A lot of organic (US equivalent to bio) milk is ultra-pasteurized for logistical reasons, so many people who try raw milk are comparing it to homogenized ultra-pasteurized milk.
aug 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 3 0 • view
When I DDG searched this most of the results were raw milk sites telling me to avoid it lol www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/no-raw-milk-...
aug 17, 2025, 7:52 pm • 7 0 • view
Yeah, I know about vat pasteurization because it's better for making cheese. Raw milk advocates talking about vat pasteurization as the lesser evil is new to me.
aug 17, 2025, 7:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Think I'm gonna add Milk to my muted words for the next 30 days. I've had enough of the milk wars for now.
aug 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 16 0 • view
I know you're probably sick of it, but just to be clear, in terms of nutrition, raw, pasteurised or ultra pasteurised have basically no difference in nutritional value, it's purely a taste/texture difference due to protein denaturing. The protein is still in there though.
aug 17, 2025, 9:25 pm • 3 0 • view
I could not care less, I don't drink milk.
aug 17, 2025, 9:28 pm • 2 0 • view
Believe it or not, me neither mostly lol.
aug 17, 2025, 9:30 pm • 3 0 • view