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David Prahl
02-22-2004, 09:57 PM
The Prahl family has always had "Skim" milk (no fat), but every now and then someone buys 2% or whole milk. The label on the 2% jug states that it has "37% less fat than whole milk." So why isn't it called 63% milk? :|

Jacob
02-22-2004, 10:38 PM
huh :?: Whole milk isn't 100% fat.

Is there a joke here that I didn't get?

David Prahl
02-22-2004, 10:43 PM
Not a joke. I know it isn't 100% fat, but why is 2% milk 37% less fatty than "whole" milk? The numbers are confusing...

Jacob
02-22-2004, 10:49 PM
The 2% is 2% of the total amount of liquid.

The 37% means that out of the x grams of fat in whole milk, they took 37% out to get to the y amount that is in 2%

That's my theory. I see where your confusion was now, sorry about that :)

GoldKey
02-22-2004, 11:40 PM
Isn't whole milk about 3% fat, so 2% would be about 1/3 less fat.

blot
02-22-2004, 11:41 PM
The 2% refers to the milkfat, not the milk, as Goldkey was saying.

Jon Westfall
02-23-2004, 12:06 AM
The Prahl family has always had "Skim" milk (no fat), but every now and then someone buys 2% or whole milk. The label on the 2% jug states that it has "37% less fat than whole milk." So why isn't it called 63% milk? :|

Obviously we've kept that whole "Confused the heck out of the Prahl Family" meeting a good secret all these years.

When the whole world seems against you, just remember, they just might be.

PetiteFlower
02-23-2004, 08:09 PM
I thought whole milk was 4%.

ctmagnus
02-23-2004, 10:59 PM
iirc, the percentage refers to mass or volume (can't remember which). 2% milk is 2% of the total volume/mass being milk fat. So, according to pf, 2% milk would have 50% less fat than whole milk.

mrkablooey
02-24-2004, 12:15 AM
My cat's breath smells like cat food.

David Prahl
02-24-2004, 12:18 AM
My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Ah! It all makes sense now! :lol:

ctmagnus
02-24-2004, 12:23 AM
My cat's breath smells like cat food.

So, the milk you give your cat contains cat food? What percentage? And do you buy it a pet store, or is there a conspiracy afoot? ;)

ironguy
02-24-2004, 07:09 PM
mrkablooey
Thank you for a concise, albeit, somewhat non sequitur, description of your cat's halitosis issues. 8O

Thankfully my breath doesn't smell like that. :wink:

Jacob
02-24-2004, 07:17 PM
My cat's breath smells like cat food.

heh.. Thank you Ralph Wiggum. :lol:

So what else about milk?

mrkablooey
02-25-2004, 03:00 AM
The thread started off pretty funny... quite a discussion for this crowd. ;) I did get a kick out of all your responses though! :lol: