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Chocolate Milk Nutrition Information

Chocolate milk can be both good and bad for you, depending on how you look at it. The worst types of milk will be labeled as "chocolate drink." When you do find an actual "chocolate milk," you should know what is going in your body, nutritionally speaking.

  1. Serving

    • Each company will have a different recipe for its own chocolate milk. Generally, an 8-oz. serving is the considered serving size. Most chocolate milk drinks will have similar nutritional facts.

    Fat

    • Chocolate milk will have fat due to the milk that is used. Generally, 8 oz. of chocolate milk will have 8g of fat. Of this, 5g are saturated fat. This fat is considered unhealthy.

    Sugar

    • The worst part of chocolate milk comes in the form of the sugars that are added for sweetening purposes. One 8-oz. serving of chocolate milk can have more than 25g of sugar.

    Protein

    • Because of the milk, chocolate milk will be able to offer some protein. One 8-oz. serving will have around 8g of protein.

    Calcium

    • Chocolate milk is still a good source of calcium. One 8-oz. serving of chocolate milk will provide roughly 30 percent of your daily recommended value.

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