See? this is how you twist and manipulate everything everybody says.
If I say I don't think you are a bad person that means I don't think you are a bad person. I think you are generally Okay person with a few not very nice treats - like manipulating and convinced you so know better! (but you don't, really) - and that is why I don't trust you.
I doubt it.
Under false pretense of "exchanging information and experience",
you bash American milk. And you are doing it beautifully, I must add, but you are not fooling ME.
And what does that supposed to mean?:
Fuzzy: wow indeed 
they ADD Sodium in milk??... see, with all your courses, and you didn't even knew the milk contains sodium NATURALLY. meaning the cow makes it.
They don't have to add table salt to milk because milk already has it's own Sodium. Sodium. not salt.
no indeed, because the cow already took care of it. here, too. they produce Sodium on it's own..
and look here:
this is so silly... no sodium but salt?
Salt = Sodium Chloride
so if you have SALT in your cottage cheese, yes you DO HAVE Sodium.
Your problem Liebling is, you don't understand Quite what does it mean.!
yes not every Sodium is salt, but yes every table salt is Sodium.
every table (common) salt = Sodium (Na Cl, or Sodium Chloride). It's a chemical made of two elements - Sodium NA and Chlorine Cl.
Sodium - not just table salt. might be just a single elemnt Na, or compound like Sodium Bicarbonate, or Lye, or other
got it?
Here's an example of how you Do Not understand that everything on the Earth is made of chemicals.
Contrary to what yout hink, it's not from chemical sprays.
An yes, you do HAVE Sodium in your organic German vegetables and meat. It's normal element of some vegetables and some meat. Like Oxygen is normal element of water.
Human body is made of chemicals. Your cat is made of chemicals. Your kids are made of chemicals. Drinking water is chemical. Chicken egg is chemical. grass is chemical. vegetables is chemical. and since animals are chemicals, meat you eat, too is chemical.
Dead things are chemicals, too... like, the fabric of your shirt is chemical. The pot your cook in. Your shoes. your garbage bag. Soil. Everything.
everything is chemical = made of some chemical ELEMENTS that create complicated compounds.
For example, water is compound of two basic elements -gas Hydrogen and gas Oxygen.
Various chemicals are also: proteins, vitamins, minerals, fats, carbs, and many more
and it is perfectly normal to found them in our food as well.
Some food has more of something that other.
For example, everybody knows that lemon has a lot of Vit C, and carrot has not as much but has a lot of Vit A.
Same with Sodium. Some foods have it, some not.
Just because some milk or meat or vegetable contains sodium or potassium or carbs it doesn't mean it was ADDED artificially.
Actually, if you have specific nutritional needs, your doctor with advise you to eat food that is best for your problem, for example if you have anemia, one that contains a lot of Iron.
Do you think Iron is added to meat? no, Iron is in meat naturally, meat is natural source od Iron.
If your doctor thinks you need more Calcium, he will say "drink more milk, milk is rich in calcium".
By the same token milk HAS Sodium. And they let you know here in US how much, so you can watch how much sodium is in your overall diet.
That is because Americans want to watch their Sodium intake,
they demanded that it will be included in our nutritional labels.
Obviously, Germans does not have the same STRICT regulations as Americans.
Americans demand full and specific nutritional information.
Some people have high blood pressure, some suffer from anemia, some are alergic to nuts, some do not want eat trans fats, or carbs, some does not want to eat corn sirup,
and everyone wants to know how many calories. That is why our lables are longer, more detailed and with more names.
WE are not satisfied with mere "proteins, fat and carbs" - we want to know more.
Here is another perfect example of your manipulating and twisting to get out of uncomfortable situation:
and then:
flat out lie!, ""THEY ADD sodium in milk"" means one thing only - they ADD Sodium to the milk after.
Hey, didn't you ask the farmer if there is Sodium in milk or not?
at that point, you tought Sodium is "chemical" added to the milk after.
And why does it matter?
As I've said before, the issue is not if the milk tastes differently to YOU, but your implying that American milk is full of chemicals.
For that, I don't have to go to Germany and taste your milk.
Have you simply said, like a REAL friend, hey your milk taste differently to me, sorry I don't like the taste - that would be no plm. I accept that.
I din't like German milk that much either - also, I couldn't even find Lactose free milk but that may have been because we were car travelling, so we stopped at small stores by highway, only.
But since you started criticizing our labels as "chemicals", not knowing what that does really mean at that - hey, then it's whole 'nother story.
It's not friendly exchange anymore is spreading lies. And misinformation.
yes, German milk tastes different but it has nothing to do with Calcium or Sodium in the milk, it has nothing to do with the labels.
It has everything to do with different kind of soils and vegetation or feed that your cows eat, with different milking methods, materials you use for processing milk. that is the reason for difference.
If you feed one chicken corn and another wheat, you can be sure their meat or even eggs will taste different.
But it doesn't mean one will be "better" than the other, or more "natural".
Why haven't you tried homogenized milk, or organic milk that is also available readily at the stores everwhere?
And- you are comparing fat free milk to your regular milk? why? what's the point?
So, to summarize. You tried merely two, not so great tasting kinds of milk in USA ,
and you think you have enough information to imply our milk is "chemical" and German is better, Even if you drink ther different milk, not a fat free one. hmmm.
Fuzzy
