Cold Milk: Nutrition Explorations

Ice Cold Milk Tastes Best and is Food Safe!

Milk tastes best when it's served between 35° and 40°F. Children will drink more of it, and get more of the calcium and eight other essential nutrients it has to offer. And, The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2004, requires each school food authority to have a food safety program in place, in compliance with HACCP principles. In support of this requirement, here are some tools to use.

Cold Milk Check Lists

Monitoring your milk and equipment is an important practice to ensure that:

Milk is served the way children like it best
Milk serving temperature is safe
Product stays fresh as long as possible (the shelf life of milk is shortened a full 50% for every five degree rise over 40°)

Download the Cold Milk Fact Sheet, for a quick-and-easy read to determine what you can do to check milk temperatures.

For a more in-depth analysis of your milk, equipment and procedures, download the Cold Is Cool! Milk Quality Check List.

Take the Cold Milk Temperature Survey and Win! Drawing Deadline is October 15, 2007.

Click here for the details and materials to take the Cold Milk Temperature Survey and enter the online drawing to win a FREE Milk Merchandiser Cooler.

Cooler Equipment Catalog

Consult the Cooler Catalog for the latest equipment options to keep milk cold and attractively displayed.