Moooooooo!  I can go mooing like a cow with how much milk my body has consumed ever since I was a tot.  Yea, we’ve all heard milk as the best source of calcium and all of its other health benefits like increased bone strength, smoother skin, stronger immune system, prevention of hypertension, dental decay, dehydration, osteoporosis, cancer and other chronic ailments.  But kids at their young age don’t care for all of those.  I surely didn’t.  I cared a lot about the taste.  I still care a lot about taste.  If the taste is delish, I gotta have some more of that.  In our household, my mom made sure that us children drank milk everyday, at least twice a day, even when I got way older.  She sure didn’t have to bend my arm since I love milk.

Drinking milk or consuming it through food or other dairy product like cheese, ice cream, flavored milk, creamer has been a regular activity.  For most eating parts, I remember seeing the brand Alaska in the pantry, or in the kitchen, or on the table for any milk needs in dishes.  Breakfast of champorado (Filipino version of chocolate rice porridge) was always accompanied by a can of Alaska Evaporated milk to thin out the heaviness of the cocoa and to add that delicate milky taste.  It’s on the table for our pouring pleasure.  Sopas (Filipino version of Chicken Soup) was always cooked in our household with Alaska Evaporated milk.  Pancakes, the batter with Alaska Evaporada, the finished product with Alaska Condensada.  I knew Alaska first as our go to canned milk and not as a US state. 🙂

Parents think about milk consumption as part of a healthy and balanced diet.  The beneficial health nutrients obtained from milk are essential for the human body and help prevent a number of chronic illnesses.  But how can one make it a staple part of any kid’s diet if it doesn’t taste yummy?  It has to be yummy.  It has to be smack their lips yummy.  My cute nephew, the little rascal I dub Little Popeye as he can be quite grouchy, is very picky when it comes to taste, texture, flavors.  I think most 4-year old tots are like that.  They have barely any regard for rules.  They like what they like.  You can’t tell them what to like.

So nutrition has to be smarter these days.  It has to be sustainable.  It has to be naturally loved by kids.  And milk has to be g-double-o-d good.  That’s why I got a little excited that the trusted brand I’ve known for decades has powdered milk fortified with Vitamin A for eyesight, Vitamin D for healthy bones and teeth, Zinc and 20+ essential nutrients.  I know my nephew will totally dig it!  My sisters and I loved the brand growing up.  It’s time to pass on the buck and have Little Popeye supplied with an energy boost for school time and play time.

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I let my nephew, Little Popeye, and my sister Joyce try Alaska Powdered Milk and it passed with flying colors because it’s enjoyable to drink.  Click PLAY on the YouTube video below to check out their reactions.  They’re a little shy so it’s a quick snapshot of them snickering and letting Tita Janey video them.

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