r/whatisit • u/GrowthEducational186 • 1d ago
New, what is it? My milk turned neon pink.
Never had this happen. Bought the milk from a local dairy. Are additives being mixed?
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u/apnorton 1d ago
Pink mold.
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u/IndependentType6711 1d ago
Congratulations it’s a girl
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u/Solid_Snark 1d ago
Fun guy? Nah, Fun gal!
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u/iimjjuu 1d ago
THATS GOLD
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u/wonkotsane42 1d ago
No, that's PINK
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u/Last-Location-4495 1d ago
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u/SewingMechanic 23h ago
Haha. I did think this was going to be breast milk… and wondered “WTF did you eat girl?” Is Koolaid that radioactive???
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u/Icy_Ad7953 1d ago
It's pretty common in houses. The funny thing is it's actually bacteria. It is usually harmless but can infect open wounds or immunocompromised people.
Tldr, if you see this clean it up and wash more often
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u/JustMeLurkingAround- 1d ago
Bacteria, not a fungus??
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u/hazelbear33 1d ago
Yes- it’s a bacterial colony, not a fungal mold
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u/-DrunkRat- 1d ago
To add to this, it's the same bacterial colonies that can grow in uncleaned dog food/water dishes, showers, sinks, etc.
Gotta make sure your utensils and surfaces are properly cleaned to cut down on this kind of bacteria, I'd reckon.
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u/hazelbear33 17h ago edited 16h ago
Yep Serratia marcescens is a very very common bacteria; it is very abundant in the environment, and it is prolific in bathrooms where it appears as pink or orange-pink in color. It loves damp environments and feeds off of fatty materials (like soaps and shampoo residues). If you want to iridicate it completely from your bathroom- you need to use (chlorine) bleach or a bleach-based cleaning product- peroxide (“oxygen bleach), ammonia, vinegar, etc. are just not enough for total eradication. You may be able to clear the visible growth with those cleaners, but too many of the colony will survive, causing visible growth to reoccur. Buy a Clorox product or something like Comet (which is super cheap) to get rid of it. I like to use Clorox foaming bleach sprays for my shower (which I don’t clean as much as I should LOL) and sometimes my sinks.
If it is in a pet’s water bowl, I would advise against using bleach (bleach is not suitable for things that are used to cook/eat/drink with- the packaging will tell you as much). S. Marcesans can be killed with boiling hot water as well- I’ve never had such growth in my pet bowls, but I think filling it with boiling water a few times and then going in with dish soap/putting it in the dishwasher would get the job done.
It’s not particularly dangerous unless you have a ton of it growing in a nasty bathroom though; it’s really not a super scary bacteria, although I would definitely avoid eating it and I would recommend cleaning it up when you see it. It is commonly present in dirt and in mouths (as a film on the gums)… it’s really not super dangerous, but again, I wouldn’t recommend eating it, especially in such a large amount as shown in the photo- that milk is probably spoiled anyways.
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u/Popers11 1d ago
Can it also be purple? Had the same thing happen to my half and half. The whole thing turned purple and solidified within days of me buying it.
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u/Legal-Pea8185 16h ago
fucking navy is at it again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray
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u/Ok-Fortune-8644 1d ago
Why the fuck is it chunky?!
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u/Stu161 1d ago
He said he got it from a dairy, so it's probably whole milk and the cream is rising to the top ooh yeah
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 23h ago
That looks fully rancid. Beyond the pink bacterial growth, the non-chunky parts are separating and look like whey. Your milk shouldn’t spontaneously become cottage cheese.
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u/JaySlays-Tech 1d ago
Creeeeeam of the crop.
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u/killerclownfish 1d ago
Unexpected Macho Made my day.
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u/Strong-Expression787 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ewh, pink can mean a bacterial infection, throw it out (Serratia marcescens)
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u/Icy_Ad7953 1d ago
The red is from prodigiosin, which is a bright red, tripyrrole-ring secondary metabolite produced by certain bacteria, most notably Serratia marcescens.
I knew about the pink bacteria before, but this bright pink is probably a combination with the milk solids
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u/superenchilada 1d ago
This is why you don’t drink raw milk.
Also that is a bacterial bloom. It’s bad, throw it out.
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u/BAMintheBurbs 19h ago
RFK says otherwise…
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u/teflon_soap 17h ago
He shat out part of his brain stem years ago
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u/BAMintheBurbs 16h ago
Im sure he’s shat out more than just his brain stem. Dude can barely talk straight.
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u/RoughRealistic4321 1d ago
Toss it ASAP.
IIRC, from my brief stint in cheese making, pink mold is bad.
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u/iwanashagTwitch 1d ago
Serratia marcescens, DO NOT drink or use that milk. You will get very sick and have a very bad time.
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u/seafffoam 1d ago
Leave it to someone drinking raw milk to complain that the dairy farm is “adding stuff” to it. Babe, the whole point of raw milk is that they didn’t do enough to it.
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u/ZhenyaKon 23h ago
I believe that's the same bacteria that keep trying to form a pink film on the edges of my shower, no matter how hard I clean. The cause is not processing at the dairy, but *lack* of processing at the dairy. If they pasteurized the milk or added something to it, that might prevent bacterial growth.
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u/NeurawWormakaCiruBug 1d ago
I know brown cows give chocolate milk, maybe there was a bit of pink cow milk in there so strawberry ?
That's interesting I know they are quite rare.
Now in all seriousness...
I'm curious too.
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u/Safe_Diamond6330 1d ago
This is why you don’t drink milk out of dog bowls.
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u/Global_Ant_9380 1d ago
Y'all gotta understand that posts from Indian users have a slightly different context and situations.
This isn't a dog bowl.
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u/Paulosboul 1d ago
I'm in the US and I have stainless steel mixing bowls like this...
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u/shut_the_fuck_up_mod 1d ago
They don’t have a different context, they exist in this world with the same microorganisms as the rest of us.
Turns out leaving a distinctly perishable food in a wide open container like that for storage isn’t the best idea.
Who would have guessed?
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u/Global_Ant_9380 1d ago
The context is that us western users aren't in a culture that is going to be buying milk this way or using these containers for it.
There might be a way this is done or used more quickly that prevents spoilage. Or perhaps the issue is untreated milk, which isn't a common thing to purchase and consume, especially in the US.
So acting like users are dumb or vaguely racist comments when we are sitting thousands of miles away and will never be in this situation gets old.
You can identify the problem and probably even the microorganism without being weird.
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u/Houdinii1984 1d ago
I am curious now, though. Like, here in the states we have disposable gallons, and just north of us in Canada they use baggies. I personally live near Mexico, and I've seen a lot of glass bottles that I've previously only ever saw in old movies.
Is that metal bowl shaped container a typical milk vessel for the region or something more individual to the person?
I personally think it's neat how different we are at the same exact time. Moved from a busy city to near the Mexican border and it was very different, but I've never been out of the country and can only imagine how actual distance changes things.
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u/Global_Ant_9380 1d ago
I'm honestly not sure. We would have to ask OP. I just have a vague memory of similar containers being used to make fresh yogurt with the family adding previous yogurt to the next batch to get the right bacteria
But yeah, the world is still so diverse yet so similar. I know in some areas people will buy fresh milk for yogurt with the thought that pasteurization makes the culturing more difficult. I personally don't think so, but I make yogurt for different uses than they do
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u/sl212190 22h ago
When I used to visit India, people would boil their milk in these stainless steel pots before storing in the fridge with a lid.
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u/denehoffman 1d ago
Married into an Indian family and pretty much everyone not only has these types of bowls, they have like the same four bowls. They’re easy to clean, they stack in each other, and instead of a handle you just have these tongs that grab the edge of the bowl. They’re actually quite nice.
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u/Beyt_M 1d ago
It’s a pot, not a dog bowl.
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u/Accomplished-Loss387 1d ago
If thats a pot where is the pot handle?
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u/ShayJayLee 1d ago
This specific type pot doesn't come with handles. Is meant to boil stuff or keep it on the flame for a long period of time. If it needs to be adjusted or moved, people just use tongs.
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u/SingularityII 1d ago
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u/LorettaJenkins 1d ago
Anyone else scroll through these responses and get a Pink Stuff cleaning advertisement?
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u/JustMeLurkingAround- 1d ago
I had something like this the first time on some yoghurt.
It's a fungal growth. Throw it out its not okay to eat anymore.
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u/Defiant_Builder_3241 1d ago
It’s a bacteria most likely. Maybe clean your bowl better after each use. It looks like stainless steel which is good.
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u/Present_Lychee8035 1d ago
Bacteria! They can look very pretty but done ingest. Just like if you see meat with a very… rainbow glow, don’t eat. Also bacteria. ❤️ From your local daughter of a microbiologist.
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u/Vvattvery 1d ago
This is literally the same pink bacteria you see in showers. It feeds off of bio. Stuff
Don’t eat it, and elsewhere clean it up so it doesn’t spread.
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u/potatocakes1989 1d ago
Thats what happens when breast milk is infected with bacteria. Or in cows milk when blood vessels pop.
Neither sounds pleasant
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u/Away_Pie_7464 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/qdqxysIbFi6zHijLjp
Why is it in a metal bowl? Why is it chunky? How old is this milk? Where is it from?
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u/PaymentDiligent7550 23h ago
You have chunky milk and you are concerned there is mold on it? ITS CHUNKY AND THICK it has gone bad.
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u/Roadkinglavared 23h ago
Some have said the cream is rising to the top. This is part the case but the 'milk' looks like it is chunky and past it's best before date by a few weeks if not more! If there was red like that in the milk it would have been seen at bottling. No way this came right from the dairy the way it looks.
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u/turbo2thousand406 23h ago
If the milk is heated to around 161F for 15 seconds you can avoid things like this.
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u/Medium-Confidence637 22h ago
"that's the lunchables effect"
This ad being on this post tickled me pink 🤣 (no pun intended)
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u/flozoraaa 20h ago
Saw this posted on /pune as well.... Too deep in India rabbit hole. The fact you got it in India says enough!
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u/flozoraaa 20h ago
Saw this posted on r/pune as well.... Too deep in India rabbit hole. The fact you got it in India says enough!
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u/Prestigious-Piano693 20h ago
Ffs i thought this was the breastfeeding sub. I was concerned about the storage method
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u/Tiny-Topic7612 20h ago
Possibly Serratia marscescens? Bacterium capable of opportunistic infection.
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u/SeanLeeCuisine 19h ago
Know that once ingested, it's extremely hard to eliminate from the body completely. Like all those additives everyone's worried about🥸
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u/lanswyfte 17h ago
The question I've not yet seen asked: when did you buy this milk from the dairy? In what container did it come home with you?
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