Very well balanced and highly drinkable. Not weighed down with excess sugar or that ‘thickened’ feel— a pleasant addition to any grocery order or BYOB gathering.
All tagged Lactose Free
WinCo Foods Lactose Free Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Surprisingly chocolaty and well-balanced, with plenty-but-not-too-much sweetness and a creaminess that outperforms its fat content. A definite ‘must try' for the lactose averse fans of chocolate milk— or really anyone for that matter.
Sunnyside Farms Lactose Free Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Much more ‘milky’ feeling than the low fat (lactose-containing) version. The flavor is also much more in line with what you would expect and likely prefer— amply chocolaty with a kiss of malt.
Cowhead Premium Chocolate Milk
Definitely sweet and flavored— but what that ‘flavor’ is, is a bit of a mystery. It doesn’t venture confidently into the chocolate realm, but it's more of a fake-vanilla with a touch of malt.
Rokeby Farms Whole Protein Dutch Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie
Rather bland, with a somewhat artificial bent to the sweetness (though it does not contain artificial sweeteners). Otherwise, it's fairly bland and unobtrusive, does a nice job of hiding the fortification (tastewise), but could use some salt to add another needed flavor dimension.
Straus Family Creamery Organic Chocolate Milk
Wow— super strong cocoa flavor, paired with a mature, undersweet sourness that delivers a haymaker of deliciousness! It offers what I desire most in chocolate milk exceedingly well— creaminess unencumbered by viscosity, brilliantly indulgent and punchy mature cocoa flavor, and a unique had-nearly-one-thousand-chocolate-milks-but-nothing-quite-like-this factor that puts this into rarefied orbit for me.
Fairlife Yup! Rich Chocolate Milk
Relatively thin and smooth texture dons the Fairlife / Yup signature flavor that most chocolate milk fans are well familiar with. It's sweet and finishes with an aftertaste that becomes increasingly unlike chocolate milk, dragging the overall experience a notch below median.
HEB MooTopia Chocolate Milk
Immediate flavor rushes in with each sip— a rather welcome guest that stays just a bit too long. The artificial sweeteners are present but on good behavior, and despite a chalky medium, there’s plenty to like about this. It’s strongly salty, which outlasts the other flavors for the most part, but makes it easy to return for more.
Great Value Lactose Free Chocolate Milk
Milky, creamy, and adequately sweet— it’s not a bad option for the lactose averse. As with many others, it could stand to be more chocolaty, but it’s not a product that should raise the eyebrow of any reasonable houseguest.
Core Power High Protein Chocolate Milk Shake
Unnaturally thick texture which doesn't feel milky. It is reminiscent of Fairlife, but definitely not an improvement (despite a little more protein and a bit more sugar). It does have stronger than average cocoa flavor, but suffers from a lack of a salty presence.
Friendly Farms Lactose Free Chocolate Milk
Decently thin and smooth texture, but not much taste beyond a fairly empty sweetness and mild cocoa flavor.
Shamrock Farms Rockin' Protein Builder Chocolate
Beautifully brown, but fairly hollow flavor. The sweetness feels inauthentic, and overall it has a slight watery quality that washes away the rather mild taste anyway. It hides the protein-y flavor quite well— it’s definitely palatable, and tastier than many other ‘recovery’ oriented drinks, but it doesn't compare favorably to chocolate milk, especially the high standard that Shamrock Farms tends to deliver.
Fairlife Smart Milkshakes Chocolate
Smooth and sweet— but I taste more stevia than honey. It’s not as blatant as some of the other Fairlife products, but neither is the chocolate presence. It could use a heavier dose of salt to bring out the cream, as it’s lacking flavor dimensionality.
Neilson Trutaste Lactose Free Chocolate Milk
Rather powdery in a way that becomes more egregious once the liquid portion washes away. You're left with a virtual sand dune in your mouth that eventually grips your uvula, causing spontaneous (but manageable) glottal mucous production. The flavor is much less offensive and doesn’t rely too heavily on sweetness.
Lactantia Lactose Free Chocolate Milk
Its best attribute is the thin and smooth texture that make it quickly drinkable, though you may wonder for a second what you just swallowed. Not because it carries a flavor that is ponder-worthy, not because it's alarming, just that it’s on the bland side: far from awful, far from inspiring.
Lala Yomi Chocolate
A heck of a lot sweeter than the label reads, it’s too much. Upfront, the sugary blast shocks your tastebuds and prevents them from registering any other flavors. In the end, the aftertaste turns sour and metallic. The texture is nice, but that’s really the only positive quality.
Kellogg's All-Bran Chocolate Deslactosada
A tad thinner and chalkier than its lactose-containing counterpart, and the malt flavor is a bit more prominent. The cream and texture are its strong points— it’s easily drinkable despite its lack of chocolate flavor.
San Marcos Lechita Chocolate
Milky smooth, and dominated by a ‘nutmeggy’ flavor that would have most people guessing ‘egg nog’ in a blindfolded trial. It’s much thinner than traditional egg nog, and is plenty sweet to feel desserty, but packaging and appearance aside, this isn’t quite chocolate milk.
Hershey's Leche Chocolate Deslactosada
Similar fruity over-sweetness as the lactose-containing version, but has a stronger cocoa flavor. Still, this is not enjoyable to drink, it feels off in both texture and taste— both a significant departure from how chocolate milk should be presented.
Alpura Me Late Choco Latte Deslactosado
Such an abrasive sourness that I was staggered from the first sip, and never quite regained my balance. It’s very thin and undersweet-- neither of which are bad things, but the flavor is so far in the sour & earthy direction that it renders all other characteristics moot.