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[dogshed]

I've posted this before but received no answers.

I want to know what to look for on food labels.

For example how do I tell whole milk from skim?

How can I tell if the milk has additives? Someone said some milk has added caffiene.

-Jeff

[Riposte]

Skim milk tastes like regurgitated smegma. Whole milk tastes yummy.

I htink there's only one or two brands of skim in all of Korea, actually....

[tzechuk]

Well... for a starter, I should think you need to read Korean to be able to tell them apart??

low fat is 저지방.

Not sure what fat free is..

[ChopChaeJoe]

Red container is whole milk, dark blue is lowfat, babyblue is skim.

[heydelores]

I have skim milk it says "chi-bang-che-ro u-yu" on the carton. I don't know how to type in Korean, but maybe someone else can do it for you. "Chi-bang" is fat. "U-yu" is milk. Anyone know if "che-ro" means free or without?

It comes in a plastic carton with a light blue lid and label.

I have no idea about the additives.

[jlb]

A little common sense goes a long way. Just look for the 0%. It does the trick for me. Some say 1%, some 1.5, some 2.0, some 2.5. It really isn't that hard even if you don't read Korean or know the words.

[Novernae]

Different brands have different colors, so that doesn't always work.
GT milk (Good Taste...) the green is the low fat, but it's still 1.5%, but blue is whole milk 3.5%
For SeoulMilk, blue is lowfat, 1%, while green is whole
I've only ever found one skim milk here. I don't know what brand it was, but it said 0% and Cholesterol free all over the bottle (it was a 970ml plastic bottle, next to the Mother's Milk )

[Sash]

chero= zero?? (0 fat?)

[stumptown]

fat free milk is called 무지방우유.

[heydelores]

[crazylemongirl]

you try 무지방우유 or 팟-프리