Chocolate milk: From specialty

With just a change in the preparation, the young Irish doctor did not expect his discovery to be a great contribution in the food industry.

The dish (or cocoa milk) must be no stranger to us with their wonderful taste. A variety of food manufacturing companies like Nestle and Milo, or Ovaltine have been extremely successful in producing their chocolate milk products. And annual sales continue to increase.

Chocolate milk.

However, who is the one who has discovered the favorite milk flavor from old, young, big, baby?

From local specialties "hard to swallow" .

Born and raised in Ireland, Hans Sloane 's days of his childhood reveal his interest in medicine, as well as about botany to the world around him.

Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753).

After graduating from the University of Orange-Nassau (France) majoring in medicine at the age of 25, Sloane set aside 18 months of fieldwork in Jamaica for the purpose of collecting and discovering new remedies and new plants.

And it was Sloane himself who did not expect that this journey had brought about the greatest achievement of his life

During his time in Jamaica, he observed how indigenous peoples blended pureed cocoa beans into water as a specialty drink. However, Hans could not drink a full glass of cocoa water because they were too . bitter, making him constantly nauseous.

To make this drink more pleasant, he changed a little about the recipe: using fresh cow's milk instead of plain water to mix with cocoa powder and add some sugar to the sand . The results were unexpected when the taste of this mixture was much better than Hans expected.

Delicious cocoa milk is loved by many people.

And yet, thanks to his professional knowledge, this doctor also discovered the unexpected benefits of this cocoa milk. In addition to the calcium content in milk, the antioxidants found in cocoa powder are a huge advantage compared to conventional cow's milk.

These findings led him to cherish his desire to return to Europe to introduce cocoa milk to the local community.

Milk chocolate - the favorite milk dish worldwide

At the end of the 17th century, Sloane returned to England and introduced his Jamaican journey through the book "A Voyage to the Island Madera, Barbados, Neives, St Christospher and Jamaica".

Of course, he did not forget to give praise to cocoa milk that was "transformed" by himself from local specialties.

Sloane's book "A Voyage to the Island Madera, Barbados, Neives, St Christospher and Jamaica" .

Later, a fever about this drink spread throughout the United Kingdom, as restaurants used Sloane's recipes together with a beautiful introduction: "The special drink of the gods ".

Not stopping there, along with growing cocoa trees in the Netherlands in 1828 due to the work of Coenraad Johannes van Houten. The development of cocoa milk has been widely replicated in Europe, along with minor changes in the formula to further enhance their flavor.

Especially in 1909, Wander's chocolate milk Ovaltine was first introduced in a medical journal, along with a classic slogan: "Be sure to Drink Ovaltine" (roughly translated: "Make sure you enjoy Ovaltine ").

Advertising of Ovaltine in 1909.

Later, Ovaltine was also introduced on major American television channels such as Little Orphan Annie (1931-1940), or Captain Midnight (1938 - 1949). And so far, chocolate flavored milk still captures the hearts of millions of people around the world.