Can I take UHT milk to iceland?

I'm planning a trip to Iceland. Since my significant other is barely addressable before she had her first coffee the question arose how we can make sure to have milk when we arrive.

The Iceland customs website lists under Prohibited articles:

Uncooked milk and uncooked eggs.

On a travel site about Iceland (only in German, sorry) the regulations are stated that it is only allowed to bring sterilized milk products with you.

Since we often use UHT milk, which is defined as

Ultra-high temperature processing [...] is a food processing technology that sterilizes liquid food, chiefly milk, by heating it above 135 °C (275 °F) – the temperature required to kill spores in milk – for 1 to 2 seconds.

we were wondering if that qualifies enough to allow it to be brought to Iceland.

If it matters: We'll be arriving in Iceland by ferry.

Best Answer

It is hard to be sure from that so, unless someone else has encountered the exact situation, you probably won't get a definitive answer. Even if someone else had, they might have met a laxer or stricter customs officer.

A compromise might be to bring a small amount, enough for one day, and declare it on arrival. If the value and weight are small then the loss of it being confiscated is small. The little capsules in many hotels might be suitable.

Where are you staying? If it is a hotel or hostel then you could contact them and ask whether they supply milk or whether it is easily available nearby.

I have been to Iceland but I did not need to buy milk at any point. However, I would expect milk to be easily available in Iceland.