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Factors to be Considered in Selecting Chocolate-Flavored Milk^*,

Massachusetts State College, Amherst

ABSTRACT

A good chocolate milk should have the following properties:

1. A flavor which appeals to the majority of steady consumers.
   
2. A low bacteria count. (The maximum bacteria count should comply with state and municipal laws for the grade of plain milk which is used as a base in the chocolate milk.)
   
3. No excessive viscosity. (Viscosity should be kept as low as possible without obtaining sedimentation.)
   
4. Sedimentation is considered undesirable.
   
5. Cream layer may or may not be present. If cream layer is present, it should be cream colored and not darkly colored or mottled.
   
6. To avoid excessive sweetness, preferably not over 5 per cent of sugar should be added.
   
7. The milk used in chocolate milk should not be over .2 per cent in acidity and preferably lower.
   
8. ^*A total fat content of at least equivalent to the butterfat required by the State standards for plain whole milk. Total fat then includes the butterfat normally found in the whole milk base and the cocoa fat normally found in the chocolate flavoring material.
   
9. Cocoa should be used only in such quantities that the digestibility of the milk is not lowered. Approximately 1 per cent by weight of cocoa, in the finished product, does not adversely affect digestibility and is sufficient for flavoring the product.
   

^* As used in this paper the terms "chocolate flavored milk" and "chocolate milk" unless otherwise specified, will include chocolate milk made from a whole milk base and also "chocolate flavored dairy drinks." This latter term is commonly understood to mean in many localities a chocolate flavored drink made from skimmed or partially skimmed milk.

Published as Contribution No. 325 of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.

Read before the Conference of Food Service Directors, at the Fourth Annual Meeting in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1938.

^* Refers to the product made from a whole milk base, and does not include "chocolate-flavored dairy drinks."