Banana Flavored Milk
 Banana Flavored Milk | |
| Type | Milk |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Binggrae |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Introduced | 1974 |
| Color | Light yellow |
| Website | www |
Banana Flavored Milk (Template:Lang-ko) is a South Korean milk beverage produced by Binggrae in Korea.[1][2][3]
Name
The name "Banana Mat Milk" (Template:Lang-ko) in Korean translates as Banana Flavored Milk.[2][3]
Flavor
The beverage consists of 80 percent milk which gives a soft and savory taste because of its high content of natural milk.[2] It contains just a hint of banana flavor.[4]
History
Since 1974,[1][5][6] 800,000 bottles of Banana Flavored Milk are sold each day in Korea and around 6 billion bottles have been sold across the country. According to Binggrae,[7] 150 billion Korean won worth of these bottles have been sold in 2014 only. The bottle's design is said to be inspired by traditional Korean jars. According to the company, it initially came up with a polystyrene bottle to differentiate its product from glass bottles and plastic packages that were prevalent milk containters in 1970s. The bottle has an overhanging lip which prevents the milk from dripping onto the drinker's face.[2] Banana Flavored Milk got its flavor because the Korean government wanted to encourage Korean citizens to drink more milk. At the time Binggrae introduced its product, bananas were expensive and considered a luxury. They believed consumers would be enticed to purchase their milk for a taste of the fruit.[5]
Global selling
The banana flavored milk was first exported to the U.S. and is been sold over the countries including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia. It was launched in China in 2008 and increased its selling from 700 million Korean Won in 2010 and 15 billion in 2013. Many Thai consumers came to the Korean Pavilion of the Bangkok Food Fair held on May 31, 2017 to June 4, 2017 to taste this product.[8][9]
Nutrition
According to the consumer research, banana flavored milk contains low milk ingredients; reconstituted milk blended with skim milk powder with water and butter or cream, which is arousing criticism that the product contains no milk.[10][11]
References
- ^ a b Jung, Alex (13 October 2011). "20 delicious Korean drinks". Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d Limb, Jae-un (7 November 2014). "Long time friend, banana milk fills your heart". Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ a b Lee, Hoonkyo (5 May 2012). "Banana Flavored Milk from Korea". Seoul Colors. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Korea's fave drink Banana Flavored Milk celebrates 40 yrs. of success". Arirang News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Milk Drink". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Herh, Michael (6 November 2017). "K-Food Exports Expected to Exceed 10 Trillion Won This Year". Business Korea. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Park, Sung Eun (3 July 2017). "High Class at a Different Level: Banana Flavored Milk from Korea". The Korean Farmers & Fishermen's News. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ SONG, KYOUNG-SON (29 November 2017). "25% of flavored milks contain no actual milk". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Eun-ju, Chyung (29 November 2017). "25% of flavored milks use no actual milk". The Korea Times. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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