why does my milk keep spoiling in my fridge so fast?

Question

I dont undestand when I just buy new milk it spoils so fast. The milk that I buy is from two differnt stores and it dont expire for a another week and a 1/2. Is there somthing I can do to stop this? I am thinking about getting a new fridge.

Answer 1

inside your fridge, there is a little knob that usually has the digits 1-6 or 1-9 on it.

the higher the number, the cooler the fridge gets.

adjust it to a higher number, but don't crank it up all the way to high, because that's unnecessary waste of energy.

Answer 2

A few possible reasons here:

1. temperature not set cool enough.

2. thermostat not very good so that the temperature range (i.e. the higher temperature that causes the thermostat to trigger the fridge to start cooling and once cool enough, to shut off again) is too wide, thus even with a correct temperature seeting the temperature varies too much.

3. Door seal not good. Thermostats are usually at the back of the fridge & milk in the door of the fridge. A poor door seal will allow the contents nesr the door to be warmer than all else in the fridge.

4. Somebody likes to keep the fridge door open a lot and the stuff in the door compartments suffers most as it gets most exposure to none refridgerated air in doing so.

5. Someone in the family takes the milk out to use & is slow returning it to the fridge.

6. The milk carton gets removed from the fridge too much (every cup of coffee, every cereal break etc. by every member of the household.

7. Someone is drinking directly from the carton & their saliva is contaminating the milk.

8. Frequent short power cuts or brown outs (periods of low voltage) that cause the fridge to run below the required efficiency. Obviously food stuff that deteriorates quickly such as milk suffer most in such conditions. Again, being stored in the door compartments puts it in the least cool place in the fridge when the fridge is not running at optimum levels & in peak condition (door seals etc)

9. Either poor storage of milk in the store or during the journey from the store to your home (use an insulated cool bag and check the expiry date when buying. Sometimes the cartons towards the back of the shelf are newer stock - choose these)

10. Combination of the above. It could be a little bit of any number of the above where maybe any one by itself would not be enough to give trouble but combined it is enough to cause spoilage.

Answer 3

Your fridge probably isn't cold enough. Try turning the temperature knob to a colder setting (it should be up near the top of the fridge, somewhere...). If it's already at it's coldest, then you might want to call a refrigerator repair person or consider getting a new fridge.

Alternatively, it might be cold enough and you might have some freaky low-temperature microbes living in your fridge and invading your milk, but I'm not sure those really exist. If you do have those, you might be able to publicize them and become famous. (I'm seriously not being sarcastic-it's a neat idea!)

Answer 4

You need to see what the actual temperature is in the fridge by putting in a thermometer if it doesn't have one in it, the perfect temp. is 36 degrees Fahrenheit and check under your fridge and see if it needs to be cleaned and check the fan and coils and make sure you clean all the dust off of them.And is the seal all around the door getting good contact everywhere on it?

Answer 5

Ref. should be 38 to 40 deg. Make sure no one is drinking out of the jug.
Buyers Guide: When you buy a thermometer, don't take the first one on the rack. Pick one that is most like the others on the rack. Example : one says 79 four others say 76, pick the 76.

Answer 6

The temperature must be too high to keep it from spoiling, can you lower it?

Answer 7

check the temperature inside your refrigerator. You might need to lower it.