After visiting Asia and finding it easier to get that stuff than regular refrigerated milk, I looked for it in the US and have yet to find it. I would have expected prepper-type places to have it at least, since shelf stable liquid milk beats the hell out of the powdered stuff.
The only milk I see here in those tetrapak containers outside the refrigerated section is the fake nut milks.
also who's the target customer? every household has a fridge, even college dorms have mini fridge in the room and milk consumers usually just finish it in couple days, you either have a habit of drinking milk and just buy more on your weekly grocery shopping or you rarely have milk and just buy a small carton for use in recipes when needed, I really don't see a market for it in the US when supermarkets, refrigeration and transportations are readily available for most of the population.
Of UHT milk? Who isn't? Around here people usually buy twelve packs of 1 liter cartons. That way you only have one opened pack in the fridge and the rest in the store room. Outside of summer you don't even have to put it into the fridge if you use it within a couple of days.
where are you? I don't see the market in US where most households go grocery shopping at the supermarkets at least once a week anyway, those without personal vehicles might have to go every 2 or 3 days. you can even buy refrigerated milk at the gas station marts. is going to giant supermarkets with 25% of the floor space dedicated to refrigerated goods not a thing where you live?
Half a year [. . .] might be too short for preppers.
I have home made fig preserves that will last four times that. My main grain prep should last ~10 years fairly easily, but I rotate it, so I haven't pushed that number.
After visiting Asia and finding it easier to get that stuff than regular refrigerated milk, I looked for it in the US and have yet to find it. I would have expected prepper-type places to have it at least, since shelf stable liquid milk beats the hell out of the powdered stuff.
The only milk I see here in those tetrapak containers outside the refrigerated section is the fake nut milks.
My guess is it doesn't last long enough for them. Half a year, maybe a year if you store it well, might be too short for preppers.
also who's the target customer? every household has a fridge, even college dorms have mini fridge in the room and milk consumers usually just finish it in couple days, you either have a habit of drinking milk and just buy more on your weekly grocery shopping or you rarely have milk and just buy a small carton for use in recipes when needed, I really don't see a market for it in the US when supermarkets, refrigeration and transportations are readily available for most of the population.
Of UHT milk? Who isn't? Around here people usually buy twelve packs of 1 liter cartons. That way you only have one opened pack in the fridge and the rest in the store room. Outside of summer you don't even have to put it into the fridge if you use it within a couple of days.
I live in America and I buy shelf stable milk. Sometimes my family wants milk. Sometimes they don’t.
Sometimes they won’t drink or use milk for two weeks.
Shelf stable means I don’t have to worry.
where are you? I don't see the market in US where most households go grocery shopping at the supermarkets at least once a week anyway, those without personal vehicles might have to go every 2 or 3 days. you can even buy refrigerated milk at the gas station marts. is going to giant supermarkets with 25% of the floor space dedicated to refrigerated goods not a thing where you live?
I have home made fig preserves that will last four times that. My main grain prep should last ~10 years fairly easily, but I rotate it, so I haven't pushed that number.