"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015."

While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.

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[–] 75 points 2 years ago (41 children)

With all the news about microplastics maybe we should go back to glass bottles.

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (30 children)

    Glass's issue is transportation cost, so you'll want to make milk supply more local...wait a minute, this is starting to sound like commie shit

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    We have glass bottle milk in vancouver area. $1-$2 deposit on the bottle, good incentive to return it when you get your new bottle.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    With all the price gouging happening and shrinkflation, changing consumer habits could spell the end of food.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is it "changing consumer preferences", or is it the industry seeing an opportunity for shrinkflation.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I prefer kegged milk myself

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    So Canadians are giving up on milk and just drinking maple syrup now? Sweet!

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    I once made the mistake of telling my american coworkers that I buy over a gallon of fresh maple syrup from a local sugar shack each year and I was excited for spring because I was running low… I think I warped their perception of the canadian diet.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How will our kids get their daily dose of microplastics????!!!!

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I love bagged milk, but I can't go through THREE FUCKING BAGS as a family of two.

    They're more eco-friendly than the box or the jug, but I guess that goes against the goal of consuming more raw materials.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    More eco-friendly? Where I am we can’t recycle any of the bags whereas the box and jug we can.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    It's worth remembering that being accepted in a blue bag and actually being recycled are two very different things. Much of the plastic we've "recycled" over the years just ended up in landfills in China.

    Remember the old "Where does it go?" "Away," PSAs from the late '80s and early '90s? Well, plastic recycling has been that, but at an industrial scale.

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    You guys drink milk out of bags? We use glass, plastic, or cardboard jugs down in the States.

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    I've always wondered about the bagged milk... Don't they get broken a lot? I'm genuinely curious

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The plastic feels a bit like a heavy duty ziplock bag, or piping bag material, made as a tube (so strong shape, structurally) then flat sealed on both ends. Quite thick so not that easy to puncture by accident. Once in a while there’s one that leaks but they get removed at the grocery store by stockers, mostly. It’s easy to spot, it just looks flat and at worst (if the hole is on the bottom), there’s a liter and some of milk all over in their fridge.

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