Eli5: If the milk of each cow is unique, how come all milk bottles of a brand taste the same?

Question

I remember tasting milk of many cows in my family farm. Each cow had a “signature” taste and part of the experience of drinking milk was enjoying the different tastes. The taste of milk of one single cow depends on many factors: age, diet, health, etc. Then, how do companies standardise the taste of their bottled milk? Best case scenario I can imagine is that producers blends the milk of many cows, but this is definitely no guarantee of a standardised taste. How is this achieved?

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Answer 1

They don’t all taste the same. In my area I found I prefer Food Lion brand milk, as opposed to Costco and Publix. Then I read a post a while ago about how to read the label to find out [where the milk is from!](https://www.whereismymilkfrom.com)

Turns out the milk I like is from NC, and the others were from up north somewhere.