Milk

Name: Milk
Brand: Bear Brand

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Bear Brand Milk healthy?

Bear Brand Milk scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Bear Brand Milk?

Bear Brand Milk lists 16 ingredients, starting with Skimmed Milk, Buttermilk, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil and Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Bear Brand Milk contain seed oils?

Yes. Bear Brand Milk lists Vegetable Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Bear Brand Milk?

Bear Brand Milk is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Bear Brand Milk compare to other milk?

At 5/100 Bear Brand Milk scores worse than most milk we have scored. A higher-scoring option in milk is Central Market Organic Whole Milk at 100/100.

Is Bear Brand Milk organic?

Bear Brand Milk is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.