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A few years ago I was in New England and sampled a handful of white, whole milks. Half of them had added sugar.

Well that article is just flat out wrong. There are significant differences in carbohydrate count in 8 ounce glasses of skim, 2%, whole milk and half & half. At least in the US. I know because I pay close attention to labels.

I use cronometer to track nutrients (macro & micro). It uses data source directly from NCCDB from the University of Minnesota.

They don't add milk in but processing it can add/take away the amount of sugar. Homogenized whole milk of course is what they start with. The processing is quite interesting if you take the time to read up on it. However nowhere do they add more sugar in.

They have somewhat different amounts of sugars by volume since the fat is removed, but they don’t have added sugar. The caloric fraction from sugar will be much higher though, maybe that’s what you’re reading?

Maybe it was chocolate milk.

Even butter!