Chocolate milk is sweetened chocolate-flavored milk. It can be made by mixing chocolate syrup (or chocolate powder) with milk (from cows, goats, soy, rice, etc.). It can be purchased pre-mixed with milk or made at home by blending milk with cocoa powder and a sweetener (such as sugar or a sugar substitute), melted chocolate, chocolate syrup, or a pre-made powdered chocolate milk mix. Other ingredients, such as starch, salt, carrageenan, vanilla, or artificial flavoring are sometimes added. To add nutritional value to the product, sometimes some minerals like zinc oxide or iron are added.
Chocolate milk Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits
Chocolate milk is about 82.3% water, 10.34% carbohydrates (including 9.54% sugar and 0.8% dietary fiber), 3.17% protein, and 3.39% fat. One cup of chocolate milk supplies you with 25.333 grams of carbohydrates, which is 19.49 percent of the minimum of 130 grams of carbohydrates you should have daily. That same a 100 gram reference serving of chocolate milk provides 83 calories and is a good source of Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) (14.73% DV) and Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) (13.75% DV). This means if your diet contains chocolate milk, it helps your body to break down fats and carbohydrates into energy, convert proteins into simpler amino acids for usage, maintain abundant energy supply and it is effective against lipid peroxidation of tissuesincrease of neurological dysfunctionthe progression of age-related lens opacification. At the same time it contains a moderate amount of Phosphorus (14.43% DV) and Calcium (11.2% DV).
