“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.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    710 months ago

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

    • GoogleyWoog
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      310 months ago

      In eastern Canada. I’ve never even seen it in western Canada.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      Yea, it’s shipped in a rectangular bag. It goes into a milk holder that holds the bag snug, and you snip the corner off so it pours like a spout. The jug that holds it provides the handle and stability for the bag. When the bag is empty, toss it, put the next bag in.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        210 months ago

        That sounds like a pretty good system once you have the jug, assuming those bags don’t look like jellyfish to sea turtles.

      • @Leeker
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        110 months ago

        Is the bag held really well by the milk holder? I’d always worry about the bag tipping out of the milk holder, while pouring.

        • @[email protected]
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          010 months ago

          Well enough. The bag of milk forces enough air that it’s basically suction held until the milk’s almost gone.