S/O Milk

I don't like milk, but I always buy 1%. My kids preferred to drink 1%.

I buy 2%. It's a compromise between whole and 1%. As far as I'm concerned, 1% and 2% taste the same, and I can taste the little extra fat in the whole milk. And skim milk is gross. You may as well drink water.

I don't drink milk, but I use 1% for cereal. I can't stand skim, it's just too watery. I only use whole milk for making cream of chicken soup.

My kids drank whole milk between the ages of 1-2, then I moved them down to 1%. Once in a while we get 2% (DH. Doesn't pay too much attention to detail when he shops, lol). I do usually use 2% for cooking. I don't personally drink milk, it doesn't agree with me!

I don't drink milk but dd and DH do. We buy 1% because that's what they like.

Whole milk. I've always bought whole milk.
None of my kids are milk drinkers (one is lactose intolerant) and a gallon will last us a couple weeks so why skimp of taste? A little with cereal, a splash in coffee or to cook mac & cheese is the usual use.

My MIL will sometimes buy skim or 1% and bring it over when she is in town...it never gets used. The kids are used to the red label milk anything else is "weird".

I don't think there is a flavor difference from whole, 2%, 1% or skim. They all do have different "mouth feel" Whole milk is noticeably thicker than skim. With the 1 & 2% being between them. Whole milk has the full cream homogenized into it so it doesn't separate and rise to the top like milk used to do. Each of the others have various amounts of the cream removed.

I usually buy whole milk but I don't use a lot of milk so the extra calories aren't a concern. My kids weren't huge milk drinkers so they grew up with whole milk. I think all of them have transitioned to 2% as their caloric awareness and needs have changed.

My kids LOVE milk and have always been on the small/slim side. We switched them to 2% or 1% when my youngest was about 3. They didn't notice. I don't drink milk (although I loved it as a kid). Both kids are under 50% for weight but they are also small and both families were slim as kids so genetics play a big part in that for us.

I always buy whole milk, and interestingly there is some newer research saying whole milk is possibly a better choice, and in fact is linked with LOWER rates of obesity...

Full fat Paradox

I drink skim milk and really like it.  I grew up on whole milk.  When my kids were young I bought  2% for them.  When my dh buys milk for himself he always buys whole...I can't drink it as it's just too "thick" for me.

I think homo milk is disgusting. It's too thick. I prefer skim since it's the thinnest, but we have been buying 2% lately. I may move us down to 1%. I don't see the difference in flavour between the percentages... it's all milk flavoured.

I only buy 2% or whole. I most definitely can tell the difference between all the milks. I will not drink 1% or skim.

We don't use a lot of milk but 1% is what I buy. I started using it in my early 20's and cannot drink whole or 2% anymore. I sometimes buy whole for recipes.

My dh and I grew up drinking whole milk, but neither of us like it any more. We both prefer 1-2%. The kids like skim best. We both think skim is white colored water. In any case, I really don't care for milk any more. About the only time I have it is to dunk Oreos.