Yazoo is a bottled
milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...
-based flavoured drink, produced by
FrieslandCampina
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. is a Dutch multinational dairy cooperative which is based in Amersfoort, Netherlands. It is the result of a merger between Friesland Foods and Campina on 30 December 2008. The European Commission approved this merger ...
and sold in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Over eighty million bottles of Yazoo are sold annually.
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Yazoo is available in four flavours; banana, chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
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from yazoo.co.uk Vanilla was introduced in 2014, as a limited edition flavour. It was announced that the Vanilla flavor and other flavours would be staying. Bottle sizes range from 200 ml, 400 ml, and one litre.
A new "No Added Sugar" range was introduced in 2016, in Strawberry, Banana and Toffee flavours. The following year, Chocolate was added to this range. It was announced in November 2018 the range was to be rebranded as ''Yazoo Kids''.
In April 2018, a limited edition Choc Mint flavour was introduced, following the results of a vote from consumers about the flavour they would most like to try as a milk drink. In April 2019, a limited edition Choc Caramel flavour was introduced replacing the Choc Mint flavour. FrieslandCampina said that Choc Mint had generated £1 million within five months of launch, and that the "target audience of sixteen to twenty four year olds are always looking for new flavours to try."
The bottles of 2015 were designed by Steve Trotman. The smaller bottles usually have transparent straws glued to the side, in a plastic wrapper. The larger bottles feature a tearaway tag on the label for easy recycling. Yazoo is suitable for vegetarians; it is a source of
calcium
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,
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, res ...
,
B2 and
B12. It is low in
fat
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The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple est ...
and contains no artificial sweeteners, colours or
preservatives
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.
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dinosaur
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mascot named ''Dino'', similar to
Nesquik's ''
Quicky the Rabbit''.
The new line of bottles have the phrase, "Milk shaken up" on the label.
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