Purple? Blue? Red? Green? Which milk is best?
If you’ve been into the supermarket recently, you’ve probably seen that there are more different colour tops of milk than ever before. What does each colour mean and which is best? We take a look at how they compare and which one you should buy in terms of value for money.
All nutritional values were taken from the Tesco website and are per 100ml.
Name Whole Milk Semi-Skimmed Milk Creamfields 0.75% Fat Skimmed
Colour Blue Green Purple Red
Calories 64 kcal 50 kcal 41 kcal 37 kcal
Fat 3.6g 1.8g 0.75g 0.3g
- Saturated Fat 2.4g 1.1g 0.4g 0.1g
Carbohydrates 4.7g 4.8g 4.9g 4.9g
- of which Sugars 4.7g 4.8g 4.9g 4.9g
Protein 3.3g 3.6g 3.6g 3.6g
Cost (see notes below) £2.25 for 3.4 litres
66p per litre £2.25 for 3.4 litres
66p per litre £1.00 for 3 litres
33p per litre £1.53 for 2.3 litres
67p per litre
When looking at cost – it really depends where you shop. For example Sainsburys have a set price for milk whichever type you buy – and it’s worth noting that they have a similar type of milk to the 0.75% fat variety, but it’s orange and has 1% fat. The prices at Tesco show that the purple topped milk is cheapest, however that is only available in a 3 litre bottle whereas whole milk and semi-skimmed milk are available in 6 pints (or 3.4 litres) bottles at most and skimmed milk is available in a 4 pint (or 2.3 litres) bottle at most. It all gets a little confusing – as Tesco seems to be the only supermarket that offers the purple topped milk cheaper than the rest, however it is a different brand. The purple topped milk is bottled by Creamfields, the other types we took the nutritional values from were Tescos own. So, if you shop at Tesco – purple topped milk is cheaper, elsewhere it’s not that much different, if at all. Also keep in mind that prices are accurate from when this post was written and they may change! Argh!
Onto the nutritional values…
You can clearly see from the table that the more skimmed the milk is, the less calories it has and the less fat it has. Sugar and protein content has little difference. If you want to cut down on fat intake and calorie intake, swapping your milk might be one of those ways you can do it – without changing your daily diet a great deal.
Taste
Everyones taste buds are different but don’t be stubborn to the fact that changing milk is easy. Your taste buds adapt to what you feed yourself.
What does Robin drink?
Robin used to drink semi-skimmed milk, however as Robin shops at Tesco regular – the value for money in the Creamfields 0.75% fat milk is undeniable and the taste difference between the 2 is hardly noticeable. Robin is definitely a purple topped milk drinker.
If you’ve been into the supermarket recently, you’ve probably seen that there are more different colour tops of milk than ever before. What does each colour mean and which is best? We take a look at how they compare and which one you should buy in terms of value for money.
All nutritional values were taken from the Tesco website and are per 100ml.
Name Whole Milk Semi-Skimmed Milk Creamfields 0.75% Fat Skimmed
Colour Blue Green Purple Red
Calories 64 kcal 50 kcal 41 kcal 37 kcal
Fat 3.6g 1.8g 0.75g 0.3g
- Saturated Fat 2.4g 1.1g 0.4g 0.1g
Carbohydrates 4.7g 4.8g 4.9g 4.9g
- of which Sugars 4.7g 4.8g 4.9g 4.9g
Protein 3.3g 3.6g 3.6g 3.6g
Cost (see notes below) £2.25 for 3.4 litres
66p per litre£2.25 for 3.4 litres
66p per litre£1.00 for 3 litres
33p per litre£1.53 for 2.3 litres
67p per litre
When looking at cost – it really depends where you shop. For example Sainsburys have a set price for milk whichever type you buy – and it’s worth noting that they have a similar type of milk to the 0.75% fat variety, but it’s orange and has 1% fat. The prices at Tesco show that the purple topped milk is cheapest, however that is only available in a 3 litre bottle whereas whole milk and semi-skimmed milk are available in 6 pints (or 3.4 litres) bottles at most and skimmed milk is available in a 4 pint (or 2.3 litres) bottle at most. It all gets a little confusing – as Tesco seems to be the only supermarket that offers the purple topped milk cheaper than the rest, however it is a different brand. The purple topped milk is bottled by Creamfields, the other types we took the nutritional values from were Tescos own. So, if you shop at Tesco – purple topped milk is cheaper, elsewhere it’s not that much different, if at all. Also keep in mind that prices are accurate from when this post was written and they may change! Argh!
Onto the nutritional values…
You can clearly see from the table that the more skimmed the milk is, the less calories it has and the less fat it has. Sugar and protein content has little difference. If you want to cut down on fat intake and calorie intake, swapping your milk might be one of those ways you can do it – without changing your daily diet a great deal.
Taste
Everyones taste buds are different but don’t be stubborn to the fact that changing milk is easy. Your taste buds adapt to what you feed yourself.
What does Robin drink?
Robin used to drink semi-skimmed milk, however as Robin shops at Tesco regular – the value for money in the Creamfields 0.75% fat milk is undeniable and the taste difference between the 2 is hardly noticeable. Robin is definitely a purple topped milk drinker.
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