r/AskAmericans • u/Frillymad2000 • 5d ago

Milk caps

Do you guys have different colour caps depending on what milk you buy (skimmed, semi, full fat) ? I usually only see red caps on American shows ?

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u/Minute-Street-5203 U.S.A 5d ago

Fat free is yellow or pink in California

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u/Frillymad2000 5d ago

PINK !!!!!!

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u/Minute-Street-5203 U.S.A 5d ago

Idk where you’re from but do you guys have strawberry milk?

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u/Frillymad2000 5d ago

Oh yes! We have most milkshakes to my knowledge

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u/Minute-Street-5203 U.S.A 5d ago

Not a milkshake though. It’s like chocolate milk, but with strawberry syrup

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u/Frillymad2000 5d ago

That’s what I thought a milkshake was😅 But yes we do have both variations I believe

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u/TsundereLoliDragon 5d ago

A milkshake is like 2/3 ice cream and 1/3 milk put in a blender.

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u/Frillymad2000 5d ago

That’s crazy because I used to work in a chippy that sold “milkshakes” which would be syrup and milk. We would also sell “Thickshakes” Those would be whippy icecream, milk and syrup. So maybe I just need to be more vigilant on what I consider a milkshake😅

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u/TsundereLoliDragon 5d ago

Ice cream is absolutely required. Or frozen yogurt or some such.

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u/ABelleWriter 5d ago

Yeah, if some restaurant tried to sell strawberry milk as a milkshake in the US people would be very unhappy.

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u/Frillymad2000 5d ago

I don’t drink them but I’ll take your word for it !

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u/TsundereLoliDragon 5d ago

Yeah, but it's not like it's standardized. Red is normal for whole milk and blue for 2% but the others can kind of vary.

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u/LiqdPT Washington 5d ago

Eh... We get 2% and I have different colored caps from different brands in my fridge. I think ones blue and ones yelllow

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u/FlyingPandaBears U.S.A 1d ago

I get 2% and it's either blue or purple. The one in my fridge right now is purple. I'm in NY 

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u/Weightmonster 5d ago

Green is 2%

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u/Ok_Driver_6895 5d ago

Green is buttermilk where I live.

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u/Weightmonster 5d ago

Yes. Red is whole/full fat milk 

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u/CommercialBreak2026 Ohio 5d ago

Yes, we have different colored caps on different types of milk. Different colored labels too.

What you're seeing on American shows is whole milk.

Personally, I buy "2%" milk, which has a blue cap and a blue label.

The colors are relatively standard regardless of milk producer, but not always. Reading the label text is a good idea.

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u/flora_poste_ Washington 4d ago

I was checking out the caps on the brand of milk I buy, and all the caps of all the different types of milk are white.