Canadian milk

All about Milk

Whether gulped by the glass or added to your favourite recipes, Canadian milk is a nutritious and delicious staple. See how Canadian milk you love makes its way from the farm to your local grocery store.

Nutritious and delicious, milk has been one of the most essential foods in our daily lives for centuries. It’s also the key ingredient in so many of the foods we love, from butter and cream to cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.

Read on to find out more about the different types of milk, its nutritional value, and everything you can use milk for to make your meals taste that much better, from cooking to baking to heating it up for hot chocolate. Plus, we’ve got dozens of recipes featuring milk! From your morning coffee or smoothie, to a chilled glass with dessert, milk is enjoyable from the start of the day to the end. 

All kinds of Milk

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    Whole milk
  • partly skimmed milk image
    Partly skimmed milk
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    Skim milk
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    Chocolate milk
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    Filtered milk
  • lactose free milk taxonomy
    Lactose-free milk
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    Organic milk
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    Buttermilk
  • more milk image
    Lots more

How to make the most of it

Warm milk
Sweet dreams

A comforting way to relax before bed is with a warm glass of milk. Heat milk gently and slowly for a smooth consistency.

Milk bottle

Keeping it cool

As cows are milked, the milk is carried from the milker through a pipeline and stored directly in refrigerated stainless steel tanks to reduce bacterial growth and maximize freshness.

Milk container

Put to the test

A certified milk grader collects milk at the farm. Milk is sampled and evaluated before it’s onloaded onto the truck and tested again before it’s offloaded at the plant. Only high-quality milk that’s free of antibiotics can enter the plant.

Cereal bowl

All kinds of delicious

Cream is separated from the non-fat milk by a centrifugal machine, then adjusted in standard proportion to create the 4 varieties of milk Canadians know and love: 3.25% (whole milk), 1% and 2% (partly-skimmed milk), and 0% (skim milk). 

Coffee cup

Ready to enjoy

Milk is pasteurized to eliminate bacteria, homogenized for an even texture, and finally vitamins are added (vitamin D to all varieties, and vitamin A to partly-skimmed and skim milk). It’s then packaged and shipped to your local grocery store, where it’s ready for you. 

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