Since the long ago days of weaning we’ve always been careful to ensure that the small boy has a couple of glasses of milk a day. Milk is full of nutrients I think are pretty essential for a growing boy (calcium and protein to help maintain bones, as well as vitamin B2). I’ve never been much of a milk drinker myself, but I’ve always enjoyed drinking milkshakes, the problem is they tend to be jam packed with sugar. We were sent some bottles of Yazoo No Added Sugar to put to the test, what did the small boy think?

Yazoo No Added Sugar is available in three flavours: Strawberry, Banana and Toffee. It is available in 200ml bottles, as well as in packs of 4 from supermarkets. Yazoo No Added Sugar contains only naturally occurring sugars and no artificial sweeteners. It is also suitable for vegetarians.

After school the boy enjoys a snack before we dash off to one of the many activities which occupy his time. Usually he will have a drink of milk and some snack, such as a piece of fruit, some yoghurt or a piece of toast. He’s a growing boy, he never stops and he’s got “hollow legs” just like his dad.

The good thing about Yazoo No Added Sugar for me is that it’s not full of sugar and sweeteners, whereas most other ready make milkshakes are. They contain no more sugar than an equivalent amount of semi-skimmed milk. They are also ready made, so I don’t have to faff around making up the milkshake from a powder.

I also like that the bottles are just the right size, 200mls is a big enough drink for anyone. It’s a good size for trips out and picnics and doesn’t need to be refrigerated, though we keep a couple of bottles in the fridge for him.

Yazoo No Added Sugar is not a thick milkshake, which suits us. We always think thick milkshakes (unless you make them yourself with loads of ice cream) feel really artificial in your mouth.

The flavours are the kind of flavours he loves – strawberry, banana and toffee. I’m not sure why there isn’t a chocolate flavour (surely chocolate milkshake is the most popular flavour in the world?) but that is probably on their to do list.

The boy seems to enjoy all the flavours fairly equally, he perhaps has a slight preference for the strawberry and the banana over the toffee, but he will very happily drink all of them and give me a big milky moustache smile afterwards.

Yazoo No Added Sugar is available from a range of supermarkets including Morrisons and Tesco and cost around 50p per 200ml bottle (though I have noticed they are on offer in a lot of places right now).

For more information, visit the Yazoo website.

Note: We were sent some bottles of Yazoo to try out for review purposes. All images and opinions are our own.