Yoo-Hoo vs. Horizon milk boxes
We used to buy Horizon Organic chocolate milk boxes to put in our kids' lunches. The key feature is that they don't need refrigeration. Recently I compared the nutrition information between these and Yoo-Hoo, and was a little surprised (these are both for an 8oz serving size):
| Horizon | Yoo-Hoo | |
| Calories | 180 | 130 |
| Fat | 5g | 1g |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 0.5g |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 0 |
| Sodium | 160mg | 180mg |
| Carbs | 27g | 29g |
| Sugar | 27g | 20g |
| Protein | 8g | 2g |
By almost every measure, the Horizon milk is worse for you than Yoo-Hoo. Now, certainly there's something to be said for the fact that Horizon is organic and doubtless far more natural than Yoo-Hoo. However, Yoo-Hoo is so much lower in the two ingredients we really care about with our kids -- fat and sugar -- that, combined with the fact that Yoo-Hoo is about half the price, we've switched to Yoo-Hoo going forward.
5 Comments:
Another strike against Horizon: they use the dreaded Comic Sans font on their boxes.
By Anonymous, at 12:07 PM
what about not feeding you kids chemicals and pesticides.
By Anonymous, at 3:08 PM
What about not being such an idiot with your children's diet? Moving your kids around and getting them from in front of the television will burn off that extra sugar and fat. Horizon doesn't have to be refrigerated because of the pasteurization and storage process. Yoo-Hoo doesn't have to because there is little or no natural ingredients to sour.
By Anonymous, at 11:39 PM
Oh, please. Yoo-hoo contains two phosphate preservatives; the rest of the chemicals are added vitamins and minerals. Admitted, it uses corn syrup and whey instead of sugar and milk, but those are hardly "unnatural." P.S. It is possible to express your opinions without being an asshole, and my kids don't watch television.
By Anonymous, at 8:26 AM
I'm not sure they were being an asshole, but just outraged at the concept of giving children a yoo-hoo.
Chocolate milk isn't much better, what happened to milk with no sugar?
High Fructose Corn Syrup decreases chromium which is necessary for glucose transport.
A study researched the effects of sugar vs. HFCS. 2 groups of rats were given the same amount of calories, one source from sugar, one from HFCS. The rats on HFCS gained more weight. There really is no need to buy products with HFCS, but very difficult to find them without HFCS. Even our beloved name brand ketchups have them.
By the way, is Horizon 1% fat really only 1%? It tastes way too creamy (yummy) for 1%...
By Anonymous, at 8:17 PM
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