Coconut oil filled milk became a popular cost-saving product sold throughout the United States in the early 20th century.
Coconut oil could be cheaply imported, primarily from the Philippines (at the time under American rule), and this product was able to undercut the market for evaporated and condensed milk.
At the time, liquid milk was not widely available or very popular in cities because of the rarity of refrigeration and the problems of transportation and storage.
§§ 61–63), in response to intense lobbying by the dairy industry, attempting to protect its market against competition by cheaper foreign fat.
Currently, filled milk continues to be widely available in supermarkets in the United States as "Milnot", a brand now owned by The J.M.