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  #2238770 16-May-2019 08:41
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Aredwood: ... to try and claim that it is now “healthy”.

Especially in relation to Milo having a 4.5 health star rating. Which then had fine print saying that the rating only applied when you mixed a tiny amount with skim milk, as per the instructions. (which no one in real life actually did).

 

The health professionals wanted the health star rating to be based on actual content but they lost out to effective lobbying by the food industry which wanted them based on "as prepared". This means products like Milo, which are normally added to milk, hitch a free ride on the health benefits of milk. That''s also why Nutrigrain gets a high rating even though it has enough sugar to be eaten as a sweet.

 

https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/health-star-ratings




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  #2240347 18-May-2019 09:20
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Delphinus: Milo, Drinking Chocolate, they are all crap. Trade-aid hot chocolate is where it's at.


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  #2240408 18-May-2019 10:53
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I generally stay away from those type of drinks. Most of them are full of sugar or have a lot of sugar added.

On the rare occasion I do drink hot chocolate, its not hard to make it with real chocolate, milk and cinnamon.




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  #2240538 18-May-2019 14:24
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Tastes like unflavored water to me, to be honest.

Charbonnel et Walker is my preferred drinking chocolate but I don't think you can get it here.





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  #2247827 29-May-2019 16:17
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Yep this is good news.  Can't wait to try it again.


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  #2247932 29-May-2019 18:59
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When an independent lab verifies it's the same then I'll believe it. 


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  #2254962 9-Jun-2019 21:04
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Finally got to taste the ‘new’ (old) version today and it’s much better than the last batch. Still not pure chocolate taste, but just as my brain remembers the malt version of my youth to have been 👍

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  #2255060 10-Jun-2019 09:19
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Yeah, I bought it the a pack of the new/old recipe the other day as my kids wanted to try it - one drink and they're ready to return to Cadbury's drinking chocolate (though thought we'd try the Trade Aid one as well, based on earlier posts).

 

Agree it's better than the last revamped (old/new?!) version - certainly more malty - but surprised at how much is needed to make a cup strong enough.

 

As it happens, we found a sachet of the old/old milo when cleaning the pantry last weekend with a BB date of 2011 - perhaps too old to do a proper comparison between the old/old and new/old!


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  #2255074 10-Jun-2019 09:52
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For my money the latest formulation does taste effectively the same as the "old" Milo. The previous one was crap.

 

Drinking chocolate/hot chocolate are good but they're really a completely different product, not a direct substitute. I love drinking chocolate but it's at least twice as sweet as Milo.


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  #2255532 10-Jun-2019 20:30
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vexxxboy:

 

 

 

they reduced the sugar which seems stupid , why would anyone who's drinking chocolate milk be worried about the sugar level.

 

 

Because sugar makes you fat. Not milk or chocolate.

 

Because sugar raises your blood glucose, not milk or chocolate.

 

 


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  #2255566 10-Jun-2019 21:06
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I'm drinking some new milo right now.

 

The icky after taste that the previous milo had is gone which is good.

 

I approve.





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  #2255718 11-Jun-2019 08:10
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jonathan18: As it happens, we found a sachet of the old/old milo when cleaning the pantry last weekend with a BB date of 2011 - perhaps too old to do a proper comparison between the old/old and new/old!

 

While I doubt it'd be any good for a taste comparison, it could still be interesting to note any differences in the listed ingredients/nutritional information.





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