Arla confirms best place to store milk and it's not in the fridge door

Daily Mirror

12-05-2025

If you've been storing the milk in the fridge door, you've been doing it wrong. Arla Foods has just revealed the best place to maximise its quality and taste, and it's right at the back.
There seems to be a debate over where the best place to store the milk is. Whether it's full-fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, it shouldn't be stored in the fridge door, Arla confirmed.
As fridges have a compartment for heavy drinks in the fridge door, shoppers automatically place them in that corner. Arla Foods Group, a Danish-Swedish multinational co-operative, broke the silence by revealing the most ideal place to store milk in the fridge if you don't want it to go bad.
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The site explained: 'When thinking about where to store milk, temperature is the key factor. When milk gets exposed to air, it will lose its freshness quicker and go off much faster, so it's important to keep it sealed and store it in a chiller place.'
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When it comes to dairy, it's important to maximise the freshness of the product and make sure that it goes well throughout its best before date. Therefore, milk should be stored back in the fridge as soon as it has been purchased.
'If you can, storing milk at the back of the fridge is always a good move. The further away from the door the milk is, the more consistently chilled it will be, safe from the constantly changing temperature outside and safe from going off,' they explained.
In other words, the best place to store milk is by placing it at the back of the fridge. Nonetheless, it's still important to make sure that the fridge temperature is set accordingly.
For those who decide to consume milk past its use-by date, the best advice is to 'trust your nose and your mouth.' Alternatively, if there are any leftovers that shoppers don't want to throw, they can be stored in the freezer - but it has to be done before the best-before date!
Milk also expands when it's frozen, the site revealed, recommending shoppers to 'transfer it from the bottle or cartoon you bought it into a safe and airtight freezer container to prevent any milk explosions.'
However, milk shouldn't be frozen for more than a month and consumed once it has been defrosted: "Once the milk is defrosted, be sure to drink it all within a couple of days and don't refreeze it."
Following this simple advice, shoppers can maximise their purchases and avoid their dairy products going bad sooner than expected. It will also allow more space for other drinks that won't be affected by the constant temperature change.