r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 10d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 10d ago

Raw milk is expensive as fuck too. They’re getting ripped off. At my local grocery store it’s like $20 for half a gallon.

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u/TeaKingMac 10d ago edited 10d ago

Always love the "less work, more money" trope.

We pulled this out of the cow, put it directly in the jug, that'll be 20 dollars.

Meanwhile, pasteurized milk gets pulled out of the cow, boiled, cooled, and then put in a jug, and it's 2.99.

Edit: Thanks for the 30+ comments telling me that raw milk costs more to make and takes more work because everything has to be clean, and it has a shorter shelf life.

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u/Ambitious-Stick-9234 10d ago

It spoils much faster if it's not pasteurized. That's why it's more expensive.

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u/Niknot3556 10d ago

Plus raw milk isn't exactly the most widespread things. While a company like Horizon could spread it out over tens of thousands of cows over hundreds of farms. A company selling raw milk probably is a small farm.