TruMoo

I just tried TruMoo chocolate low fat milk Protein Plus. It has 25g of protein & taste just like TruMoo chocolate milk!!! I'm in love with this!! It's the BEST protein drink I've tasted so far. Oh wait, I just read the bottle & noticed it's full of sugar. No wonder it taste so good. Darn it! I should have read the nutrition label first. Looks like my son will get to enjoy the rest of it. I should have know it was too good to be true! 

Try unsweetened cashew milk (25 calories) with 2 or 3 squirts of Milk Splash chocolate.  It's FABULOUS and less than 30 calories total per serving.  

Cashew milk has no protein though, right?

Well, I didn't realize you were drinking it for protein as I don't usually drink my protein anymore  -- and True Moo only has about 7 to 8 grams per cup anyhow -- hardly worthwhile considering the carb/calories.

No, cashew or almond milk aren't great for protein.  If I wanted protein, I would simply add a half a scoop of my protein powder (I use syntax Nectar) along with the Milk Splash -- that would give me 13 grams of protein, 75 calories and 2 carbs compared to True Moo low fat chocolate milk at 8 grams protein, 140 calories, and 20 grams of carbs.  Even a whole scoop of protein powder would be less at 125 calories, 4 carbs and 24 g protein.  

It's TruMoo Chocolate Protein Plus, with 25g of protein. It's labeled as a protein drink and the cost reflects the marketing.

37 grams of sugar per cup is CRAZY!! I generally consume less than 20 grams of sugar in a whole day.

Same here!!  That's more than in a cup of coke!

I know right!!!! We were at Jellystone Park for Memorial Day Weekend and I found it at the gas station, thinking I found a good and new protein drink. Even though my nutritionist told me last week not to drink protein drinks anymore I still rely on them to get all my protein in. I had taken a couple of sips as I was writing and decided to look at the nutrition label. I was shocked at the amount of sugar that's in that "protein" drink. What makes it worse is that what's labeled as 25g of protein is for the entire bottle, which is 2 servings. So that 37 grams of sugar is for half the bottle, if I had drunk the entire bottle to get my 25 grams of protein I would have consumed 74 grams of sugar!! CRAZY, and very misleading! The lesson I learned? READ THE NUTRITION LABELS before purchasing.

Chances are that if it's not good for you to drink, it's not good for your child to drink either!  Better to pour it out.  

I can tell you as a struggling single mom, I would not throw out perfectly good milk. I would not buy it again, but they would be allowed to drink it. One gallon of milk will not negatively affect my kids' health.