British expat confused by Australia’s ‘complicated’ milk range

A British expat has gone viral on TikTok for sharing her confusion over Australia’s “complicated” milk range.

A British woman living in Australia has shared her “confusion” over the different types of milk in Aussie supermarkets.

Jordana Grace, who lives in Queensland, took to her TikTok to share a video about the “complicated” milk range.

“Things they should tell you before coming to Australia … Like how to understand milk,” she said in the clip.

“I honestly never thought milk would be complicated.”

The expat explained there are only three types of milk in the UK.

“We have a pretty simple colour coded system,” she said.

“Blue lid is full fat, green is semi-skimmed and red is skimmed milk – pretty easy, dabby dozy, lemon squeezy.

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A British expat explains she’s confused by Australia’s ‘complicated’ milk range. Picture: TikTok/thejordanagrace.

There are only three types of milk in the UK. Picture: TikTok/thejordanagrace.

Jordana pointed out that in Australia the colour coded system is completely different.

“The dark blue is full fat but “light blue” is light,” she said.

“Pink milk is skim – not to be confused with Trim [low fat] red milk. Aren’t they the same?”

“And then there’s a purple for lactose free which can also be green … and don’t forget yellow which is reduced fat but it’s different from light, skim and Trim.

“Then you have grey, which is cold pressed … how do you press a cow?

“I don’t even know what the black ones are for. And then gold is homogenised.”

Jordana pointed out that in Australia the colour coded system is completely different. Picture: TikTok/thejordanagrace.

The video has attracted 1.3 million views. Picture: TikTok/thejordanagrace.

Jordana’s post has attracted 1.3 million views, with many foreigners admitting they’re confused by the country’s milk range.

“Forget it, I will not have milk as it is confusing and I will spend a million hours in the store,” one TikTok user wrote.

“I’d just give up drinking milk to be fair,” a second person said.

Meanwhile, some Aussies confessed they never noticed the different coloured milk lids.

“So people use lid colours to differentiate types of milk?! I’ve always just read the labels,” one person wrote.

“In Australia we don’t need to pay attention to milk because we pick one type and brand and buy the same one for the rest of our lives,” another person said.

“I think you’ve blown every Australians [sic] mind … we never knew there was a colour system,” a third said.

Originally published as British expat confused by Australia’s ‘complicated’ milk range