Chocolate Milk

Chocolate Milk
Pasteurized milk containing 1.5 percent liquid chocolate or 1 percent cocoa and 5 percent sugar, can be called chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is actually a suspension in which the continuous phase consists of milk fat and cocoa butter, while the dispersed phase includes the cocoa particles, fat-free (nonfat) milk solids, and sugar. Fortification with vitamins A and D is optional for chocolate whole milk, but fat-free (nonfat) chocolate milk must be fortified. Whole chocolate milk is high in calories (kcal), because the additional sugar and cocoa contribute approximately 58 calories (kcal) per cup to its already higher calorie count, for a total of 209 calories per cup. Chocolate milk made with reduced fat (2 percent) milk contains 179 calories and 5 grams of fat per cup, while the calories and grams of fat in chocolate low fat (1 percent) milk drop to 158 and 2.5 respectively.