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What’s Really in Yoo-hoo?
myrecipes ^ | 2/13/18 | Rebecca Firkser

Posted on 11/04/2023 11:40:49 AM PDT by DallasBiff

The familiar pop that comes from opening a bottle of Yoo-hoo is one of deep nostalgia. The drink is refreshing and satisfying, but one thing is for sure: It’s not chocolate milk. So, what exactly is in a bottle of Yoo-hoo?

Yoo-hoo was launched in the 1920s by Natale Olivieri, a New Jersey grocery store owner. Olivieri had already created a line of fruit juices called Tru-Fruit and felt a chocolate drink would also be appealing to his customers. Knowing that chocolate milk was a popular drink at the time, Olivieri wanted to create an alternative that would, unlike milk, stay fresh for longer periods of time and not spoil in warm environments if stored in a sealed bottle.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: chocolatemilk; chocolatewater; cholatitewater; yoohoo
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I drank it once, and it was awful.

Why do New Yorkers like it so much?

1 posted on 11/04/2023 11:40:49 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I never liked that stuff.


2 posted on 11/04/2023 11:47:43 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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3 posted on 11/04/2023 11:51:30 AM PDT by fhayek
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4 posted on 11/04/2023 12:02:51 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: DallasBiff

“less than 2 percent” of cocoa, nonfat dry milk,”

Combined with water makes Chocolate milk, not much but enough Chocolate milk to flavor it as Chocolate milk. The article is a little deceptive.

“The familiar pop that comes from opening a bottle of Yoo-hoo is one of deep nostalgia. The drink is refreshing and satisfying, but one thing is for sure: >It’s not chocolate milk<. So, what exactly is in a bottle of Yoo-hoo?”

Yes it is...


5 posted on 11/04/2023 12:06:33 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: DallasBiff
Ingredients -

Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Whey (from Milk), Contains Less
Than 2% Of Cocoa (Alkali Process), Nonfat Dry Milk, Natural And
Artificial Flavors, Sodium Caseinate (from Milk), Corn Syrup Solids,
Calcium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Palm Oil, Guar Gum,
Xanthan Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Spice, Soy Lecithin,
Sucralose, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin <>(brVitamin B2), Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3).

6 posted on 11/04/2023 12:13:22 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t now what its made of but I love it on a hot day.


7 posted on 11/04/2023 12:25:39 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: martin_fierro

Yo!


8 posted on 11/04/2023 12:33:26 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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9 posted on 11/04/2023 12:37:55 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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10 posted on 11/04/2023 12:51:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: DallasBiff

it’s OK, i don’t know what IS in it, but there’s NO Yoo or hoo in it...


11 posted on 11/04/2023 1:02:10 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: fhayek

Yogi was teased by calls of yoo hoo when he was playing. He would rub his fingers together meaning money baby in response. Pro ball players did not make a lot of money in those days. Endorsements were a big sweetener.


12 posted on 11/04/2023 1:02:35 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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“What’s Really in Yoo-hoo?”

according to the label,it contains chemical soup ... btw, this can’t be the original 1920’s concoction since most of these ingredients didn’t exist then ...


13 posted on 11/04/2023 1:04:15 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: DallasBiff

Chemicals and other awesome stuff. I love em. Hard to find, they come and go.


14 posted on 11/04/2023 1:07:46 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DallasBiff

I’m not a New Yorker, but I love it.


15 posted on 11/04/2023 1:56:40 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Olog-hai; DallasBiff

I never liked it, either.

I liked Nestle Quick with fresh milk.
As a kid I’d put a lot of powder in it to choke a horse!🤣😂🤣😂🤣


16 posted on 11/04/2023 1:58:20 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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To: GaltAdonis

Yeah...but the water has to be from the Passaic River. :-) Yum!


17 posted on 11/04/2023 2:05:25 PM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: DallasBiff

Water and the cheapest chocolate powder.


18 posted on 11/04/2023 2:10:42 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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I liked Nestle Quick with fresh milk. As a kid I’d put a lot of powder in it to choke a horse!

Yeah, it wasn't enough unless your thin chocolate mustache and beard rubbed off like a light, dried scab.

19 posted on 11/04/2023 2:28:10 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

I loved scraping the residue off the bottom and licking it off the spoon!
Mind you didn’t stir the mixture too much!
Ahhh, the family dentist enjoyed seeing us walk into the door.

Cha-ching!!


20 posted on 11/04/2023 3:41:12 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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