Cream on top of Milk

[True blue]

Why dont we get cream on the top of milk anymore when we buy it.

[Clanad]

It would be interesting to know the last time you had cream rise to the top of your milk... it's been homogenized here in the U.S. for many years.  Homogenization is a process that is  brought about by passing milk under high pressure through a tiny orifice, which results in a decrease in the average diameter and an increase in number and surface area, of the fat globules. It's the fat globules... cream... that rises to the top of the milk.  Here in the western U.S., one can still buy raw milk from farmers and still separates if left overnight...

[kempie]

In the UK if you still have full cream milk delivered in glass bottles to your doorstep you will find that the cream does still separate if left to stand and is not agitated 'twixt the door and the fridge.

[depressedmgl]

We in this part of Yorkshire, still get "green top" (raw unpasteurized) milk delivered to the door, which has a lovely cream top to it.  The health police keep trying to ban it.

[Hot Chef]

I think all supermarket milk is now homogonised