WHAT is the point of OVALTINE?????

[radwriter0555]

It's not chocolate, yet it LOOKS Like chocolate, it's supposed to resemble chocolate, but it doesn't.

So what is the POINT?

Please help with this dilemma. I'm flummoxed.

[mmm]

1. If you get that one figured out, take a look at Postum

what is with that stuff?

[proud patriot]

2. vitamins

Ovaltine is good for you where as chocolate is not ..:hi:

[elperromagico]

12. If I don't drink my Ovaltine, I won't get my vitamins,

and I need my vitamins if I want to grow up healthy and strong!

[benddem]

3. When I was a kid

The ovaltine factory was near a friends home and the air smelled like chocolate...but somehow the chocolate must have gone up the chimney. Postum must have been dreamed during some period when there was no coffee...it is dreadful.

:P

[trof]

4. What Is Ovaltine, Please?

By Brendan I. Koerner
Posted Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at 1:18 PM PT


Associated British Foods recently paid over $270 million to purchase the Ovaltine beverage line from Novartis AG, a Swiss conglomerate. What exactly is Ovaltine?

Familiar to generations of kids as a chocolaty treat, Ovaltine was originally concocted as a nutritional supplement for those in need of more rounded diets. In the late 19th century, Swiss chemist Georg Wander invented a cheap process to harvest malt extract, a syrup derived from malted barley that's commonly used by beer brewers. The barley was first allowed to germinate, or sprout rootlets, in a moist environment. Wander then used a vacuuming process to dehydrate this softened grain, leaving behind a thick, sweet goo. He hoped this syrup, once fortified with goodies like vitamin D and phosphorous, would someday win the world's battle against malnutrition.

It was Georg's son, Albert, who realized that pure malt extract was unlikely to tempt too many tummies, no matter how deprived they were of vitamins and minerals. In 1904, he created Ovomaltine by adding ingredients like sugar, whey, and beet extract to his father's creation. He marketed it to Swiss consumers as an energy booster. An instant hit on ski slopes, where the nutty-tasting brew was served piping hot, Ovomaltine was exported to Britain in 1909 and redubbed Ovaltine. The more beloved cocoa-enriched version came along a few years later.

Ovaltine may not have solved the planet's nutrition woes, but it is a lot more wholesome than such sweet rivals as Yoo-hoo and Nesquik. Four teaspoons of Ovaltine mixed with 8 ounces of skim milk provides a solid helping of vitamins A, C, D, B1, B2, and B6, as well as niacin and, yes, that all-important phosphorous. Low-carb dieters beware: The fat content is zero, but malt is an Atkins' diet no-no.

Though an acquired taste, Ovaltine became popular due to clever marketing campaigns in both Europe and the United States. The brand sponsored radio shows, such as Britain's The Ovaltineys and America's Captain Midnight (the latter of which gave away decoder rings to young listeners). Ovaltine was the official tipple of the 1948 Olympics and was carried up Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. Popular adult lore held that Ovaltine mixed with raw eggs gave a powerful boost to the male libido.

Noticeably showing its age, Ovaltine's sales haven't met expectations for some years. Analysts blame the drink's current reputation as a somnolent for the elderly, many of whom likely grew up downing the stuff in the '30s or '40s.

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Article URL: http://slate.msn.com/id/2074516/

[EstimatedProphet]

16. If it's made from malt

It might be interesting as a homebrewed beer ingredient.
I'll try most anything sometimes...:)

[Tripper11]

5. My wife loves Ovaltine

I am one that doesn't get it. I hear the commercials and how they claim "how chocolaty good Ovaltine is", "how rich it is" and it tastes like cheap Nestle Quick in my opinion. If I want to make good chocolate milk at home it's Nestle Quick for a powder and hershey's for syrup.

[UrbScotty]

6. I love to drink it myself! (nt)

[Bundbuster]

7. Here's the point -

It's to make you strong, so you can go to Switzerland and throw

THE UNSSFUNNEN STONE ...anyone remember those ads?

[JVS]

8. Get kids to drink milk and consume vitamins

[November 2004]

9. There is no point.

Ovaltine is an existential void.

Please don't be flummoxed.

[GalleryGod]

10. To Sponsor the CAPTAIN MIDNITE TV Show

Silly Goose!

[demgrrrll]

11. I never liked the taste of Ovaltine. N/t

/

[JVS]

13. Drink Ovaltine or die of ass cancer!

[Blue Gardener]

14. To have really annoying commercials

Somebody has to do it.

[pstokely]

15. Ovaltine ads are heard on Hannity

cheap ads

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. CRAP!!!!

There's a Brazilian fast foor chain (competes head-to-hjead with McD, which is good) that makes a killer Ovaltine milk-shake. DAMN DAMN DAMN I'll have to do without. INTERCOURSE!!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. By the way

It's called "Ovomaltine" down here.

[Padraig18]

18. It tastes good.

:)

[joeybee12]

20. Ovaltine's purpose is to be the punchline in Young Frankenstein!

Anyone remember that line????????

[Paul Hood]

21. Don't know.

The jar is round, the glass is round. Why not call it roundtine? Thats gold Jerry.

[Orangepeel]

25. that's my favorite episode

:D

[nemo137]

22. has no one here seen "a christmas story?"

it's to get the little orphan annie decoder pin!

[Cleita]

23. Mommie dearest gave me ovaltine. Noxious stuff.

Ugh, I can still taste it. I don't know who drinks it. I don't know why it still exists. I don't.

[WindRavenX]

24. I think it tastes ok...

It's better than eating a pint of Ben and Jerry's :P

[Spirochete]

26. Ovaltine?

They still make that nasty shit? Eeewww!

Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine...

[BlueCollar]

27. it's a decent alternative to

BOVRIL...

:puke:

[Rhiannon12866]

28. I went to see a staged production of "A Christmas Story"

and they had homemade refreshments during the intermission. This is a small town, so they are very homey. One of the things that they had on offer to drink was Ovaltine, LOL! I didn't have any, but plenty of people did. I guess it is nostalgia for those who grew up during that era.:shrug:

[silverweb]

29. Ovaltine is yummy!

It's also very good sprinkled on vanilla frozen yogurt for a semi-guilt-free treat!

:D