A disappointment in the bedtime drinks stakes (Horlicks Instant Chocolate Malt)

Member Name: jillycat

Product:	Horlicks Instant Chocolate Malt
Date:	10/06/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: thick nice smell

Disadvantages: grainy and not very chocolate had to add milk to improve taste

In my search for the best bedtime drink after a night shift I bought a few sachets of this Horlicks drink to try the other week.

INSTRUCTIONS
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Empty sachet into cup, pour on boiling water, stir and drink after letting cool of course or you will burn your tongue! Now you do need to stir as you add the water or this drink goes very lumpy and you get globules of powder which is unpleasant

Packaging
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The sachet is brown colored with a half moon sleeping on the front with the words it helps restful sleep, Is rich in calcium, Low in fat And to just add water.

Nutritional information
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nutrient per 32g (to be made up in 200 ml water)
Energy kCal 129 kCal
Energy kJ 544 kJ
Protein 2.6 g
Carbohydrate 23.7 g
of which sugars 19.3 g
Fat 2.7 g
of which saturates 1.8 g
Fibre 0.9 g
Sodium 0.2 g

Per 32g Serving %RDA
Vitamin A, µg 160 20
Vitamin D. µg 1.0 20
Vitamin E, mg 2.0 20
Vitamin C , mg 12 20
Thiamin (Vit B1), mg 0.28 20
Riboflavin (Vit B2), mg 0.32 20
Niacin, mg 3.6 20
Vitamin B6, mg 0.4 20
Folic Acid, µg 40 20
Vitamin B12, µg 0.2 20
Calcium, mg 210 29


Worth noting here is that this is not really a low calorie drink Horlicks Light Malt Chocolate Drink - with 125calories per serving, it's more calorific than Maltesers Instant Hot Chocolate Drink, at 99 calories per serving.!


Ingredents
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Sugar, Dried Whey, Glucose, Fat- Reduced Cocoa (7%), Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat, Dried Skimmed Milk, Milk Proteins, Chocolate Powder (2%), Calcium Carbonate, Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Polyphosphate.), Sodium Caseinate, Emulsifiers (Glyceryl Monostearate, Lactostearate.), Lactose, Anti- Caking Agents (Tricalcium Phosphate, Aluminium Silicate.), Vitamin (C, Niacin, E, B6, B2, B1, A, Folic Acid, D, B12.).

Taste and smell
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Have to say it still had the distinctive Horlicks smell, which is a malty milky smell but not as strong as the Ovaltine smell so I gave it a taste, it was nice and thick but you can taste the grains of sugar in it a little bit which I didn't like I also felt it was more watery than I would like for a malty bedtime drink so I add some Milk which did make it taste better. However I have to say I was disappointed in the taste of this drink and though it was thick it didn't have the creaminess that I normally get from Ovaltine or other hot chocolate drink.

Where from
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Tesco's and Asda both sell this for £2.48

Summary: a disappointment I will stick to Ovaltine