An expert has claimed that we have been storing milk in our refrigerators incorrectly all this time.
The people who run the Cost of Living Crisis Tips page on TikTok recently shared a suggestion that may truly help you save money by the way you store milk in the fridge.
According to the kind folk on the video-sharing app, storing your milk on the shelves attached to your fridge door actually costs you more money - and you could make it last longer by putting it somewhere else entirely.
"Don't put your milk on the fridge door like this," they wrote in the overlay text while showing a milk carton crammed up against a fridge door.
Check out the TikTok below:They then added: "When you open the fridge door, it pulls away from the cool air - affecting the freshness," before urging people to "put milk at the back of the fridge to make it last longer" and reiterating that the move will "save you money".
The video amassed 752.4K views and 4531 likes on the social media platform, with many users sharing their divided opinion on the potential financial hack.
Some people agreed with the page's advice, with one user sharing: "Correct. Always done it this way."
Another user complimented the TikToker and wrote: "Thank you for sharing."
A third user commented: "I know this to be true, at least in summer - I've had milk go off noticeably quicker when it's been hot. And Cravendale does indeed last longer."
However, not everyone was convinced by the tip, with one person writing beneath the video: "I’ve used my milk in the door for 38 years and my milk [has] never gone off before use by date if anything it’s usually used well before that."
And another person chimed in and said: "The door shelf holds the cold air whereas cold air just flows downwards from a normal shelf when the door is opened."
A third person jested: "it does actually work. I put ours behind the sprouts and the kids can't find it so it lasts a lot longer."
Lastly, a fourth user pointed out: "In all the many years, people have done this with no issue. Our milk is used several times daily, needs to be handy."
As the cost of living crisis continues in the United Kingdom, it was announced that many people will obtain a cost of living payment of up to £300 ($370) in addition to the £650 ($800) package for households earning a low income.
Pensioner households who have the Winter Fuel Payment - which ranges from £100 ($122) to £300 ($370) - will also receive an added payment of between £150 ($184) and £300 ($370), per Gov.UK.
