Best Milk / Best Chocolate Milk in Utah

Best Milk in Utah
rev 14 Dec 2020 

SEE END OF THIS SECTION FOR BEST CHOCOLATE MILKS!

FOR FLAVOR - TEST 1
(see Tests 2-3 below, and compare all three) 
A
Winder Dairy A
Kirkland, from Costco A-
B
Great Value, from Walmart B+
Mountain Dairy, from Smiths B
BYU Dairy, B-
C
Smith's brand, from Smiths C+/B-


FOR FLAVOR: TEST 2
(Using some of the same but also different brands. Note that grades for brands vary from grades above in Test 1, because the flavor of most brands vary somewhat from batch to batch. However, the rankings usually change only slightly.)
A
1. tie Farmers (sold at Whole Foods Markets)
1. tie Winder Dairy
A-
3. Dairy Pure (Meadow Gold)
4. Mountain Dairy (at Smiths)
5. Great Value (WalMart's brand)
B+
365 (Whole Foods Market's brand)
B
Horizon Organic
B-
Smith's
A-2 brand (sold at Sprouts)
Kalona Organic (sold at Sprouts)
Straus Organic (sold at Sprouts)
Organic Valley (sold at Sprouts and elsewhere)
C-
Maid O'Clover (sold at Sprouts)
Simple Truth Organic (sold at Smiths)

FOR FLAVOR: TEST 3
1. Winder B+
2. A-2 brand B-/B
3. Horizon organic B-
4. Straus B - -
5. Great Value (Walmart's brand) B - -
6. Organic Valley (ultra pasturized) C
7. Maid O' Clover C-/C
8. Kalona C-

Test 2 for endurance/strength:
STRONG
1. BYU
2. Winder
WEAK
3. Kirkland
4. Mountain Dairy
5. Great Value
6. Smiths
Test 1 for endurance/strength
17 Feb 2017
1. Organic Valley
2. Winder
3. A-2 brand
4. Kalona
5. Straus
6. Horizon Organic
7. Maid O' Clover

Best Chocolate Milk in Utah
The best group: All are whole milks except one as noted at 2%

1. Trader Joe's whole chocolate milk A
2. Straus (sold at Sprouts and Good Earth, in glass bottles) A-
3. Promised Land (sold at Whole Foods Markets) B+
4. Farmer's WHOLE chocolate milk no longer sold at Whole Foods Market, only their 2% when last checked in Feb 2018. WHOLE: B+
5. Darigold B
6. Troo-moo from Meadow Gold B
7. Shamrock B
8. BYU Dairy 2% (BEST 2%)
9. Darigold "Hot Cocoa" (better cold!) B-
The next best group: MOSTLY 2%
10. Promised Land 2% C+/B-
11. Coco Metro, whole chocolate milk C+
12. Farmers 2% (at Whole Foods Market) C
13. Winder 2% C
14. Organic Valley 2% C-
15. A-2 brand (2%?) C- -
16. Coco Metro 2% C - -
17. Fairlife (2%?) C - - -

18. La Colombe Draft Chocolate milk D+ (1%)

Chocolate Milk, Smaller test:
(with only one choc milk not in above list)
26 Oct 2017
1. Darigold "Hot Cocoa"
2. Darigold regular
3. Shamrock Farms
4. Meadow Gold Troo Moo
5. Kalona Orgaic (tastes strong like goats milk) D