Chocolate Milk

Milk is often thought of as an important part of a child's diet, or more specifically, calcium and vitamin D are important nutrients that kids need. To make sure that their kids drink milk, some parents resort to giving them flavored milk, including strawberry milk or chocolate milk.

In addition to flavoring regular white milk with Nesquik Chocolate Powder or Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, other parents use products such as Ovaltine and Carnation Instant Breakfast Powder Drink Mix.

Latest Developments

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver convinced the Los Angeles School District's superintendent John Deasy to ban flavored milk in L.A. schools. He used the argument that chocolate and strawberry-flavored milk has much sugar as a can of soda. The chocolate milk wars ended with the Los Angeles Unified School District voting to take flavored milk, including chocolate milk and strawberry milk, out of their schools.

Background

While regular white milk is usually considered to be a healthy drink, adding chocolate flavoring usually adds extra sugar and calories.

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