Cuban mother shows the milk sold at the store: "It's bad."

A Cuban mother questioned the quality of the powdered milk sold for children under two years old in some stores in Santiago de Cuba, and showed images of how the product curdles and forms lumps when preparing it.

The woman said that she tried to prepare the milk they sold her at the convenience store for her one-year-old son and found that it had an unusual consistency, similar to thick custard.

"Is it normal or is something wrong?" asked in the Facebook group "Bebés 2023 Santiago de Cuba."

Comments from other Facebook users came quickly, and many agreed that the milk is spoiled.

"That milk is old, that's why it curdles," commented an internet user, while another suggested that, given the situation, one could try making cream cheese by adding salt to the clumpy liquid.

Yisel Terrero, another user, warned the mother to discard the milk: "Throw it away, mom, it's no good, the milk is bad, my God, with how critical the milk situation is for it to be wasted like this without any reason."

A mother who commented was more direct in stating that "it's bad," while Yanieya Peralta suggested that the product could have been the last remaining item in the warehouse and, therefore, was in poor condition. "They sold her a bad one (the last that was left from someone in the warehouse), the one for my baby is good," she explained.

Another comment from Alayma Gonzales expressed indignation about the situation and said that the milk she received for her one-year-old child was also of poor quality: "My baby is one year old and they gave me that, and that stuff is useless, they are just throwing it in our faces."

The Cuban regime has faced difficulties in guaranteeing milk intended for children. In early March, the Cuban government made a request for assistance to the World Food Program (WFP), in which it asked for support for the supply of powdered milk for children under seven years old.