Are you ever sitting at your desk mid-morning when you get hit with hunger pangs? I do and I used to reach for a Special K Protein Shake or Slimfast Shake. But one day, I looked in my parents' fridge and found a case of Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk boxes.Out of curiosity I picked up one of the milk boxes and began comparing the nutritional label with my usual morning shake. Before comparing the labels I would have thought that a Special K Protein shake would be more nutritional than just chocolate milk, but I was wrong. The Special K shake had a long list of ingredients, most of which I didn't even know what they were.
The chocolate milk box is only150 calories and has 2.5 grams of fat and 8 g of protein. While the Special K shake has 10 g of protein and 5 g of fiber, I would rather have a morning drink with a short list of organic ingredients.
The Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk boxes contains: Organic Grade A Lowfat Milk, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Cocoa, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Salt, Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3.
Whereas a Special K shake contains: WATER, PROTEIN BLEND (WATER, NONFAT MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE), SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF POLYDEXTROSE, CANOLA OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, GELLAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SALT, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, SUCRALOSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, VITAMIN E ACETATE, VITAMIN K1, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN D3, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN B12, ZINC SULFATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), MANGANESE SULFATE, THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), POTASSIUM IODIDE, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENITE. SWEETENED WITH NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS AND NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENERS.
See what I mean? Plus, you still have the convenience of just grabbing the box out of the fridge during your morning rush and it tastes great.
