http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=10834725
New Zealand fresh milk prices are high because we are paying an equivalent international milk powder market price. Milk here is value added and exported, why would any company sell it in local supermarkets at all unless they could get a similar export level gross margin.
Edit: Permeate contains lactose and a1 protien, so you get a nice double dose in your cheap milk.
Wow, this article is super negative on milk permeate - jesus "snot like substance" blinkin heck its only liquid form milk sugars + minerals which are extracted in production of whey protein concentrate (WPC) or Milk Protein Concentrate (MPC). Better than them dumping it.
Off topic I know but interesting to see such a one sided perspective.