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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by bckygldstn on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:27PM (#29544181)
I can't find a good reference for the German market specifically, but in some countries/regions most milk is ultra-pasteurised and unrefridgerated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_process...
Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by sjwalter on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:49PM (#29548007)
Wild.

Here I am thankful that Montana recently reduced regulations and made it so small dairies can supply raw milk directly to customers without any inspection from a state or federal agency, so now my family drinks local, fresh, raw milk for the same price as organic UHT crap.

Germans can't get anything but this UHT stuff?

Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by detaro on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:10PM (#29548136)
Non-UHT is widely available.

What has become a lot more common (and is often not clearly labeled) are stronger pasteurization levels that make unopened milk stable for a few weeks refrigerated (it's also sometimes micro-filtrated).

Before, softer pasteurization was the more common variant, which then has unopened ~1 week of refrigerated stability. Less offered now, although a good supermarket has it.

(These two categories are not fixed standards, so within them there's also variations in how processing is done exactly)

Raw milk (i.e. never heated >40°C, unfiltered) is also available, but with stronger requirements on how it's handled before sale and thus often hard to get, especially if you're not local to a farm producing it - obviously transport has to be quick.