Skimmed milk

[2] Historically, skimmed milk was used for fattening pigs, and was recommended as "not only the very best supplement for growing pigs, but is of almost equal value for fattening purposes" as it "furnishes a complete protein" and makes the feed "more palatable".

[3] In the United Kingdom, milk is traditionally marketed and labelled as follows:[citation needed] Additionally, some supermarkets in the UK now[when?]

market milk as:[citation needed] In the UK, milk is sometimes still delivered on the doorsteps by a milkman in the early hours of the morning in glass pint bottles with the colour printed foil lid indicating the milkfat content.

[2] In the United States, milk is marketed primarily by fat content and available in these varieties:[4] United States milk producers also use a color-coding system to identify milk types, usually with the bottle cap or colored accents on the packaging.

1% and skim colors vary by region or dairy, with common colors for these lines being purple, green, yellow, pink, or light blue.