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Old 07-11-2007, 10:37 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Solar View Post
Whole milk is generally 3.6% fat. A litre of whole milk has about 36 grams of fat (of which about two thirds is saturated). No and Low fat milk have between less than one gram and about 5 grams of fat per litre.
Certainly you sound smarter than I'll ever be, but you're not using parallel (or American) units of measure here.

But Andy's right about the 2% being about half the fat of whole milk. Although whole milk used to be 5 and half percent milkfat in the deliver it to your door days. Which is probably most accountable for the taste difference he's up in arms about.
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