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Oh, this is awesome. When I lived over in Europe I loved being able to have UHT boxes of milk. When I moved back to the US the only option was Parmalat, but it has gotten hard to find in recent years. I actually like the taste of UHT milk, but it's also handy for when you need milk in the morning and don't want to run to the store!

I lived in Germany for a while, and this type of milk was just easier to find that fresh milk. I think it tastes the same - it's just weird to get used to seeing it on the shelf and not in the dairy case.

Shelf stable milk is fairly common in Europe from my recollection. I would buy it because I'm not a milk drinker, but occasionally, I want to cook something with milk.

We only have this type of milk in Trinidad, and I actually far prefer the taste to what I buy in America. And, I promise I don't feel that way about absolutely all food products from home.

That's a really good point about cooking; I don't drink much milk now either (it's just around for tea) but then when I want to bake something with milk in it I have to scurry out.

I always use the rice milk boxes. The small ones (like kids juice size) are wonderful! Small enough for a bowl of cereal or 2, or recipes etc!

Hopefully this will come in those smaller boxes!

I saw a 4 pack of little milks in my store while I haven't had it due to the $5 price for those little guys my understanding is that it tastes cooked so it works well for cooking and other applications that involve heated milk.

I've had this type of milk while visiting my mother-in-law in Mexico. I really don't care for the taste though my husband likes it. It does have a sort of cooked flavor which is fine for cooking, or even in coffee, but I certainly wouldn't have a glass by itself.

When I can find the small, juice size containers at the supermarket, I stock up as part of my hurricane supplies but the stores here rarely carry the smaller ones.

I purchase both the Horizon and Organic Valley in the childrens 3-pack size and keep one in the fridge and the others in the pantry. They are great for people who don't use much milk, for cooking and cereal.
You can also get them in chocolate.

As people have said, shelf-stable milk is very common in Europe. I find that it does taste different than fresh milk, but maybe that's because my fresh milk is from a local dairy instead of a factory farm somewhere in the midwest. The ultra-pasteurized shelf-stable milk is great to take on camping trips, though!

I love it, it reminds me of the milk I grew up drinking in Spain.

We buy it all the time, the juice box sizes, for our daughters to have on road trips.

I agree with "hotelsanmiguel". If you are someone who is a milk lover this will leave you a bit disappointed if you're looking for a glass of milk to drink. It does have a "cooked" taste to it. I've used it for cooking and baking though and and it's worked just fine.

I buy the little packs of milk all the time--I find that it is the most efficient way to get milk in my tea at work. it tastes exactly the same in the tea.

I will point out that I had some problems with a case of horizon organic minis--they had this really gross, thick film on them and horizon customer service was shockingly unhelpful about it.

the organic valley have all been good.

I do "waste money" on these little packs of milk, too, but there are times when you can't find milk at parks, playgrounds, etc. Having a little pack of it can be so very helpful.

I would never replace my refrigerated jug of milk with this stuff at home, but we use it at the spa where I work. Some of our guests like a little milk with their hot tea so the Organic Valley cartons are perfect. With the small size and shelf-stability we don't end up wasting half a gallon of fresh milk if we misjudge how many tea drinkers we might have each week.

(Why anyone would want to ruin perfectly nice tea by dumping sugar and milk in it is beyond me, but to each his own!)

They have shelf-stable milk all over Europe and it tastes GREAT (I was very skeptical too). In fact, I purposely look for this stuff in more "European" style grocery stores over here but have never found it.

Has anyone tried this for making cheese? (Like the Homemade Mozzarella post.) I hardly any regular milk normally--the last time I bought a half gallon of milk was trying out a homemade ricotta recipe (now that was easy!) I can definitely see keeping some of this milk in the pantry for when I want some fresh ricotta.

I had this milk (only it was packed in individual size cartons) at Burning man (a week of extreme heat with no fridge) and it was great.

On the other hand, I don't see why I would want to bother keeping it around at home...

I've had this before and it wasn't bad. But part of the price we pay for perishables is based on the cost of refrigeration.
I would think that shelf stable milk would be cheaper.

We have UHT out in the field in the army.
When I was sick in the desert it was a good way to help get food or medicine down. But only when chilled.
I dont know why I didnt see this being perfect for cooking- you don't have to take up fridge space with milk for cooking and it has a longer shelf life.

I'm surprised that this is news. :-) You used to be able to order a Starbucks drink made with organic milk and it came out of a carton just like this. I'm not sure if they still offer it, though.