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re: Kleinpeter Milk tasting different lately??

Posted by SBPonson on 3/28/14 at 7:29 pm to fisherbm1112

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arse backwards hoss. Most of Kleinpeters milk comes from other farms far outside of this state. I believe 30% percent was the number I heard from their cows however that doesn't make a shite because it's mixed in with the rest.

So, I can't offer help with the quality concerns, but I can clear up some misinformation about milk supply.

Kleinpeter's own farm in St. Helena Parish coupled with about 30 other local dairies satisfies up to 80-90% of demand. Outside milk is shipped in to make up the difference when needed.

Also, some people commented about pus in milk - pus is called a non-milk solid and is most commonly white blood cells. It's completely natural for it to be in milk, but all of that is filtered out before processing and pasteurization.

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re: Has anybody ever frozen milk?

Posted by SBPonson on 3/28/14 at 7:05 pm to Jimbeaux

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Now that we have a Kleinpeter on the board, maybe he could weigh in on this topic.

You can freeze milk. The only thing to be aware of is that when you thaw it out, it may separate. The separation will look as though it's sour, but give it a gentle shake, and it'll be fine.

Same works for egg nog. A lot of consumers will buy extra egg nog and freeze it because it's only sold (obviously) during Christmas.

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re: Anyone getting bad milk in BR lately?

Posted by SBPonson on 3/28/14 at 6:55 pm to lsewwww

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Hmmm, so if all the mastitis milk is dumped, where is the "pus" coming from? and how do you tell if a cow has mastitis anyway? Are you saying a good plant can reverse bad farm practices? That milk just from Jerseys I keep seeing, has the same fat content as the other stuff? Wow......

All milk contains non-milk solids, mostly leukocytes, that are filtered out before pasteurization. It's a natural part of milk. Mastitis milk is dumped because it contains the antibiotics used to treat the mastitis. Treated milk will never be fed to calves.

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So what percent of other brands is shipped in? Far as I know its just the dairyfresh and kleinpeter processors in LA. It sounds like the south is a net importer of dairy products. I'll bet its really difficult to make high quality milk in the south.

Kleinpeter ships in about 20% of its milk supply, depending on the time of year. In colder months, when cows produce more, demand for out-of-state milk is somewhere between 0-10%. In the summer heat, cows will "burn" milk (like people sweat), and more milk has to be shipped in from out-of-state, but it never gets higher than about 20%.

The other 80% comes from Kleinpeter's farm and about 30 other local dairies in Louisiana.

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re: Anyone getting bad milk in BR lately?

Posted by SBPonson on 3/28/14 at 6:40 pm to Pennymoney

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Ummm something like 80% of Kleinpeter milk is shipped in from Wisconsin.

Not true. At most, about 20% of Kleinpeter is shipped in from out of state.

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re: New yellow jug for Kleinpeter milk,why?

Posted by SBPonson on 10/4/11 at 10:16 am to LuckySo-n-So

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Haven't schools had milk in plastic bags for ten or fifteen years now?

Schools have the single serving pouches...There's also milk in 5-gallon bags, but those are mostly purchased by the food service industry (not sold in stores).

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re: Kleinpeter Ice Cream

Posted by SBPonson on 5/13/11 at 10:46 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR

When ice cream first came out, there was HFCS, and it was printed on the first round of containers... but we quickly switched because it reduced the quality of the ice cream.

I'll admit I wasn't a fan of our ice cream when it first came out, but Don has done an outstanding job at perfecting the flavors.

Try the Honey Pecan Vanilla if you get a chance, it's awesome!

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