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Milo ( ; stylised as MILO) is a chocolate-flavoured
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ed powder product produced by
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, typically mixed with
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, hot water, or both, to produce a
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. It was originally developed in Australia by Thomas Mayne (1901–1995) in 1934. Most commonly sold as a powder in a green can, often depicting various sporting activities like badminton or football, Milo is available as a premixed beverage in some countries and has been subsequently developed into Milo (chocolate bar),
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and protein
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. Its composition and taste differ from country to country. Milo maintains significant popularity in a diverse range of countries throughout the world, particularly in
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, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.


History

In 1934, Australian
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and inventor Thomas Mayne, who was working at Nestlé, developed "Milo" and launched it at the
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. Mayne came up with his formula for Milo combining
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extract (made from malted barley), full cream
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,
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, sugar, mineral salts, iron and
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s A, D and B1, in an attempt "to develop a completely balanced food drink which contained all the necessary
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s and
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". It was intended to help children to obtain enough
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s in their diet. Nestlé, which had taken ownership of a milk-processing plant in Smithtown,
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, in 1921, started producing the product not long after the show. The name was derived from the famous
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athlete
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, after his legendary strength.All about Milo
The product was even noted as "tonic food".


Manufacture

Milo is manufactured by evaporating the water content from a thick syrup at reduced pressure, using a vacuum dryer to reduce the mix to granular form. The thick opaque syrup is obtained from malted
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or
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sourced from companies that produce these raw products. Milo's composition and taste differ in some countries due to logistics limitations and personal preferences among different regions. , the Smithtown factory, which produces the product for Australia and New Zealand, produces more than 13,000 tonnes of Milo a year. Nestlé Singapore states that Milo is produced locally at its factory in
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. Milo in
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is manufactured using ingredients imported from Singapore.


Nutritional information

The recipe for the standard product has remained almost exactly the same since its creation in 1934, the only variation being in the added
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and vitamins. Standard Milo consists of four main ingredients: malted barley, milk powder, sugar and cocoa. It contains 1,680  kJ (402 
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) in every 100  g of the powder, mostly from
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. Carbohydrates can be used for
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by the body, which is the basis of Milo being marketed as an
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. Most of the carbohydrate content is sugar. The New Zealand version of Milo is 46 percent sugar. Milo dissolved in water has a
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(GI) of 55. However, milk has a much lower GI of 30 to 33, so mixing a very small amount of Milo into a mug of milk yields an overall GI closer to 33, whereas adding a lot of Milo into a mug of milk, yields an overall GI that is closer to 55. Milo is high in
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, iron and the vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12. Milo is advertised as containing "Actigen-E" which is Nestlé's trademarked name for the vitamins in the Milo recipe. It also contains some
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, a
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alkaloid similar to
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, which is present in the cocoa used in the product. A study conducted in Malaysia by the 'Nutrition Society of Malaysia' suggested that Milo and similar products made children who consumed them "more likely to be physically active and spend less time in front of a computer or television". A 2017 ''
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'' article found that Nestlé had been financing the society and vetting the articles before publication, leading to questions of scientific impartiality. The high concentration of sugar, and the presence of
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, also raised whether the product should be marketed as a health product.


Versions

Since 2017, Nestle Philippines has produced Milo using its "protomalt" formulation. The protomalt is composed of carbohydrates derived from barley and
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. In Australia, a version of Milo called Milo B-Smart was released in 2008, which had a finer texture, added B vitamins and
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, and a different taste from the original Milo formula, and was marketed as a health food for children. However, , this product is no longer available. A higher malt content form also existed in Australia and was marketed in brown and maroon coloured cans. Nestlé stopped advertising this higher malt form on their Australian products website sometime between March and April 2015. , three other varieties are manufactured at the Australian plant: high protein, reduced sugar and a
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version. As of 2021, Nestlé has launched dairy-free plant-based versions of Milo and other drinks under the brand. The new version of these drinks contain almond and soy milk, the two core ingredients cocoa and malt remain the same.


Consumption

Milo is typically mixed with milk, hot water, or both, to produce a
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.


Australia and New Zealand

Traditionally in Australia and New Zealand, Milo is served mixed with either hot or cold milk, or sprinkled on top.


Asia

Milo manufactured outside Australia is customised for local methods of preparation. In Malaysia, as well as Brunei and some other parts of Asia, Milo with ice added is known as "Iced Milo", "Milo Ais" in Malaysian, or "Es Milo" in Indonesian (alternatively, "bing" or "peng", meaning ice in
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respectively). Iced Milo is even available at fast food restaurants such as
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and
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. In Malaysia, Milo is also served locally in
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s and
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s in versions such as " Milo Dinosaur" (a cup of Milo with an extra heaped spoonfuls worth of undissolved Milo powder added on top of it), "Milo
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" (a cup of Milo with ice cream and/or topped with whipped cream), "Neslo" (combined with
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powdered coffee), and "Milo Mangkuk" (Iced Milo that is served with shaved ice inside a plastic bowl). The Milo powder is also usually used in the making of
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. In Hong Kong, Milo is served in
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. In Malaysia, Milo is also sometimes sprinkled on ice cream or breakfast cereals, or mixed with milk into a paste and spread on bread. Milo can be used as an ingredient in
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, where it is usually called "roti Milo". At the present time , Malaysia has the world's highest per capita consumption of Milo, Singapore coming second.


Marketing

Apart from Australia, Milo is popular in many countries and regions, including
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,
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,
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,
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, and countries in
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. In Australia and most other countries, the packaging is a green can and depicts people playing various sports. In Australia, the MILO in2CRICKET and MILO T20 Blast programs, operated in most areas by volunteers, teach children age 5–12 how to play the game of
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. In the 2016–2017 season, over 78,000 children participated in the programs. Milo is very popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, where the brand name is synonymous with chocolate flavoured drinks: Milo has a 90% market share in Malaysia, and
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were said to be the world's largest consumers of Milo. In Malaysia and Singapore, specialised trucks or vans, affectionately called Milo vans, serving up to three thousand cups of the drink are commonly seen at sports and community events and schools. In Peru, during the 1970s
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, Milo labels displayed Peruvian motifs, such as photos and pictures of Peruvian towns, history, crops, fruits, animals, plants, as an educational aid. After 1980, when the military left power, sports predominated on the labels. Milo is sold by Nestlé in Canada at all major food retailers. Although Milo has been available since the 1970s, a Canadian-specific flavour launched within the last decade that dissolves more quickly but maintains the sweet malt flavour profile. It competes with the British brand
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. Aside from the International section of specific grocery stores and certain Asian grocery stores, Nestlé does not market Milo in the United States. In 2017 Colombian-manufactured Milo started appearing on shelves in supermarkets in the United States such as
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. It can also be found in the United Kingdom in some
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supermarkets, which import it from Kenya and South Africa. Asian food specialists also stock it. Ovaltine is more popular with UK consumers. In Ireland, it can be found in many Asian or African stores. Typically they will stock Kenyan or Filipino Milo. In China, it is commonly sold in Western supermarkets, but also smaller convenience stores. Usually packaged in a 240gram flexible foil pouch, single-drink packets can also be purchased. The Milo itself contains more milk solids than the Australian Milo. In the past, it was available in Portugal and Brazil. Nestlé Brazil discontinued production of Milo in Brazil, to focus on the much-popular domestic brands Nescau and
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. The Chilean version of Milo is still in production and is identical in taste and texture to the one that was once produced in Brazil. In May 2013, more than 20 years out of the Portuguese market, Nestlé reintroduced the brand, aiming at the high-end market. In the Philippines, Nestlé partnered with the
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in 2017, in a marketing response to the "energy gap" within school-aged children whose athletic and academic performance were impacted due to low energy. This raised the ethical question of advertising to children.


Derivative products

Milo was available as a snack in cube form in
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and
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in 1975. The Milo chocolate bar was a brand of brownie,
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, Milo and chocolate-covered candy bars, produced by Nestlé for sale in Australia and available in 2006. It included ingredients of Milo powder. It claimed to be the only milk chocolate with "choco malt" and "all natural ingredients including cocoa, milk and malt". The chocolate bar was discontinued in Australia in 2003, replaced with an "energy food bar", which is no longer available either. Two varieties of Milo snack bars can be bought in packs of six. As of 2006, there was also Milo cereal (described as "
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with a Milo coating"), Milo
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s, Milo
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, and Milo ice-cream (a vanilla ice-cream coated with hard Milo/chocolate shell). In South Africa, Milo Cereal and Milo Chocolate bars are available and sold in most supermarket

Milo nuggets have been available since 1994 in Southeast Asia and Colombia. Milo cereal balls and a range of other derivative products are marketed by
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in
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.


See also

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Ovaltine Ovaltine, also known by its original name Ovomaltine, is a brand of milk flavouring product made with malt extract, sugar (except in Switzerland), and whey. Some flavours also have cocoa. Ovaltine, a registered trademark of Associated British ...
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Ovomaltine Ovaltine, also known by its original name Ovomaltine, is a brand of milk flavouring product made with malt extract, sugar (except in Switzerland), and whey. Some flavours also have cocoa. Ovaltine, a registered trademark of Associated British F ...


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