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PSA: That viral video of a guy 'exposing' his grocery store for watering down milk? Complete nonsense.
So there's this video going around where a guy buys two cartons of milk, boils one down, and claims the residue proves the store added water. I actually tried it myself last Tuesday with a gallon from Kroger and a gallon from a local dairy near me in Columbus. The residue was just milk solids and fat, exactly what you'd get from boiling any milk down. The guy clearly doesn't know how evaporation works. Has anyone else seen folks fall for this kind of manufactured outrage?
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susan814mo ago
Falling for manufactured outrage is exactly what gets me. I used to half-believe that kind of stuff myself until I actually bothered to test it. @mileslane, your point about it confirming what we want to believe is spot on. I was sure that residue was some kind of chemical additive until I realized it was just boiled-down milk fat and protein.
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mileslane4mo ago
Three of my neighbors shared that video on Facebook last week and one of them actually said they were switching to powdered milk because of it. It's getting harder to tell the difference between someone who's genuinely clueless and someone who's just farming for outrage clicks. Makes you wonder how many other "exposés" we've all fallen for just because they confirmed something we already wanted to believe.
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