‘Only 6 percent sugar content in Milo drinks’

KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd yesterday recommended that people mix Milo with milk powder and water to ensure a balanced diet.

Nestle dietician Nurul Illiani Ahmad said Milo, in its powdered form, contained milk, malt, cocoa and sugar.

“We recommended five teaspoons of Milo for every 200ml serving. That serving only contains six per cent sugar. Of that six per cent, three per cent is natural sugar, which comes from the milk and malt. The other three per cent is added sugar.”

Nurul Illiani said the 40 per cent sugar stated on the packaging label was the total sugar for the whole package of Milo powder before adding water.

“After 200ml of water is added, the sugar content is only six per cent for the drink,” she said.

The statement comes following a video that went viral, where a man warned Malaysians that Milo had a high sugar content.

The video garnered over 700,000 views and was shared 18,000 times.

Nurul Illiani said Milo contained vitamins and minerals, including vitamins B2, B3, B6 and B12, proto-malt, a malt extract which gives a combination of different types of carbohydrates to provide energy, and Vitamin D, which aids the body’s absorption of calcium.

Those with enquiries should call the Nestle Consumer Services toll-free line at 1-800 88 3433.