Girls start petition to revert to old Milo
TWO Hawke’s Bay girls have had enough of the altered Milo recipe and have started a petition intended for the hot drink manufacturer Nestle.
Many have railed against changes made to the old staple following Nestle’s decision to change the recipe and make it healthier by adding Vitamins D, B3, B6 and B12, and removing vitamins A, B1 and magnesium, along with vanilla flavouring.
Among them are Briana Lyons and Sarah McKinnon, year 10 students at Havelock North’s Woodford House.
The 14-year-olds have started a petition and hope to attract 3000 signatures then send it to Nestle.
Briana, from a dairy farm near Takapau, has been a big Milo drinker since she was four.
‘‘But when we had to buy the new Milo for the first time last week we found it was completely different,’’ she said.
After finding out Nestle had changed the recipe she rushed down to Takapau’s general store and spent more than $70 buying the last 13 packets of the old stock Milo.
‘‘The new Milo said.
Sarah, from a sheep and beef farm near Wairoa, felt the same way.
‘‘Straight away I knew it wasn’t right. Everyone agreed it didn’t taste as good as it used to,’’ she said.
Yesterday morning the girls’ online petition had 58 signatures. By 3pm it had more than 500.
When quizzed about the new recipe last month Nestle’s Australian-based spokeswoman Mary Stuart said the company had made ‘‘a number of small changes to Milo to improve it’’.
‘‘These changes haven’t affected the flavour, but it does mean that we now have a more sustainably produced product, meeting the demands of consumers and reducing our impact.’’
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