Children Benefit From Drinking Chocolate and Flavored Milk

What’s your favorite – chocolate, strawberry or vanilla? Whether you like plain milk or milk with a burst of flavor, a new study shows that children who drink flavored or plain milk consume more nutrients and have a lower or comparable body mass index (BMI – a measure of body fatness) than children who don’t drink milk.^[1]

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage children to enjoy three age-appropriate servings of lowfat or fat-free milk, cheese or yogurt each day. Currently, less than half of children ages 2 to 8 and only about one-quarter of children ages 9 to 19 meet the recommended dairy food intake. Flavored milks can provide part of the solution for meeting these recommendations by enhancing the taste.

Fit flavored milk into meals or try it as a snack. You can also cook with flavored milk; try some of our “chocolicious” recipes like Chocoberry Milk Chiller, Chocolate French Toast or Boo Bread Pudding.