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Re:Milk that lasts for months by kibwen on Sunday April 02, 2017 @05:55PM (#14019265)
Given that UHT has a huge advantage in areas without access to electricity or refrigeration, I wonder if it took a foothold in Europe as it was being rebuilt after the wars in the twentieth century?
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Re:Milk that lasts for months by ghaff on Sunday April 02, 2017 @06:02PM (#14019290)
That would be my theory as well although I'm not sure it totally squares with the huge variations by country. [1] There is some alignment with Northern Europe (less UHT--less lactose-intolerance) vs. Southern Europe but even then there are outliers like Greece.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_process...

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Re:Milk that lasts for months by matt4077 on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:10AM (#14021725)
UHT wasn't really a thing until the 70s. From the early 60s, Europe was booming and the war no longer had an influence on peoples' living standards (at least in the west).
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