Australian Watchdog Finds Milk Choices a Bit Sour

Well-known Australian consumer magazine Choice has found that almost all milk sold, despite its labelling, is highly processed and that generic brands are of the same quality as major branded versions available to Australian consumers.

Generic brands of milk in Australia can be half the price, and Choice says as well as beating other brands in price, generic ones include the same amount of calcium – 115mg to 120mg.

Australia has more than 80 brands of milk, according to the magazine, but only two large multinationals – Italy’s Parmalat and Japanese brewer Kirin’s National Foods/Dairy Farmers.