Natrel Milk 2%, 32 Ounce (Pack of 6)

I'm single and don't use a lot of milk -- mostly for cooking and my breakfast cereal in the morning. My local supermarket no longer sells milk in a 1-quart carton, and I can't consume an entire 1/2-gallon carton before it spoils, so I looked for a shelf-stable solution: milk in a small enough carton that I could keep on hand without refrigeration and use as needed.Saw this, and decided to give it a try.I purchased the 2% "Reduced Fat Milk" -- six 32-ounce (1-quart) cartons. I'm extremely pleased with it so far. I've had it on "subscribe and save," and so far, I haven't had any problems with short expiration dates -- my last order is set to expire in about 9 months, and that's certainly enough time for me to use it. My intent and use might be different from some: I'm not looking for long-term (say, more than 3-6 months) shelf life, since I go through a carton each 7-10 days, so I have this delivered every 8 weeks, and that works out just fine.So how does it compare in taste and texture to supermarket dairy case 2% milk? It's just a little less "full flavored," but it's perfectly fine for cereal and cooking. It's not "watery" -- no issues at all with taste or consistency. I've had no problems with spoilage, either -- it comes nicely sealed and keeps well in the fridge after it's opened. I usually put a new carton in the fridge the night before I need to use it so it's chilled in the morning.I'm keeping this on Subscribe & Save for as long as Amazon offers it. It solves my particular problem perfectly. Solid 5 stars.

You don't how much you miss something until you don't have it. I'm disabled and have trouble getting milk. I've tried all the milk substitutes and all I can say about them is yuck! As soon as I got this milk I put 1 container in the fridge and the rest in the pantry. It was incredible having fresh milk on my cereal and in my coffee. It's wonderful to be able to pour real milk in my coffee instead something dry that won't dissolve and is made up all chemicals. I'm sorry if this is crude but I need my bran flakes to keep regular and they taste so much better with real milk. I live in Wisconsin, the Dairy State, milk was something that was always just there until it wasn't. All winter I worried if I was not getting enough vitamin D and now my worries are over. I don't know why it took so long for shelf stable milk to come to America but I am so happy that I can finally get it.

This was a very good tasting milk. Good flavor. I was looking for a milk that was not dry but had a shelf life for food storage emergency preparation. I bought a small pack to see if we liked it before buying more. The package that it came in had Walmart packing. I should have done more research before purchasing this because when I went on Walmart.com it was half the price. Was very disappointed that I had been gouged. I am sure they adjust prices because at the time of buying this it was $23 for a 6 pack and Walmart was $11.46 for 6 pack.

Well not that drastic I could live, but when you notice the gallon of milk is down to maybe one glass or one cup of coffee and it's either to late to run out or the weather is bad. Natrel Milk is a great product to have in your cabinet. It tastes really good, in coffee or just a plain old glass of milk. I always have 2 or 3 in the in the cabinet. Actually you could use it for anything you would use milk for. It also comes in whole milk and 1%. I just prefer 2%

Living in the country where I live means that a trip to the corner store to pick up a quart of store-bought milk takes 45 minutes of driving round-trip. These ultra-pasteurized milk quarts in asceptic cartons are a godsend as they enable me to have milk on hand all the time. The batch that was delivered to me had a use-by date of mid June 2015, and being that they were delivered late november 2014 (at the time of the writing of this review) that indicates that this milk has a shelf life of seven months without the need for refrigeration which is a pretty amazing feat. Taste-wise they rank somewhere between the taste of fresh store-bought milk and reconstituted milk powder, or perhaps a glass of cold, fresh store-bought milk with a few tablespoons of evaporated milk mixed in. So the taste isn't perfect - if you're a purist you will want store-bought milk - but it is much better than reconstituted milk or evaporated milk, which prior to shelf-stable milk like this were the only other two options outside of a long trek to the grocery store. This is a great product, highly recommended.

We bought this milk for our emergency supply and ended up using it when we ran out of 'regular' milk. We bought 2% but it has a full, rich flavor and was really good. I have shelf stable milk before and it didn't taste as good as this. The only draw back of that it's expensive or I'd buy it more often.

Don't count on this in an emergency. I bought mine a few months ago and just opened one today and an almost clear liquid came out. I shook it again but it still looked questionable. I opened another and clots of spoiled milk came out. I checked the others and they are all spoiled. The best if used by date is '05OCT2016' The packaging appeared to be fine, no dents or anything.

It went out of stock during the start of the C19 ordeal, but in May and July it was in stock. It lasts my son and myself two months and it’s great. Regularly milk can’t last but this shelf stable kind does keep. The advice I’d give is keep in refrigerator when not using after being opened.