Horizon Organic Reduced Fat Milk, Chocolate, 8-Ounce Aseptic Cartons (Pack of 18) | 
| Brand: Horizon Organic
List Price: $28.47
Buy New: $22.00
You Save: $6.47 (23%)
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 87
Number Of Items: 18
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.3
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 6.6 x 5.4
UPC: 742365208867
EAN: 0742365208867
ASIN: B000LKZ3GA
Release Date: November 13, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Features:
| • | Delicious, convenient and incredibly good for you, soy milk may well become your favorite drink | | • | Made from soy beans (no cows involved), soy milk is often used in place of dairy milk as a refreshing drink, over breakfast cereal and in coffee | | • | What’s behind your glass of Silk ? Nutrition, dedication and a whole lot of air. Clean air, that is. Why? Because every drop of delicious, nutritious Silk is manufactured by offsetting the electricity we use with clean, sustainable wind energy | | • | That’s our commitment to your health – and the planet’s. Silk Soymilk was launched in 1996 and has become the best-selling natural food brand in the nation | | • | Since our inception, Silk’s mission has been to integrate natural soy foods into the American diet through socially responsible and environmentally sustainable business practices |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 Great milk, terrible price August 2, 2007
sellquality (California)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
I love this chocolate milk--especially in my morning coffee. But $25 for an 18-pack is JUST WRONG! I bought an 18-pack this morning at Whole Foods for $15.99!
Wonderful organic storeable chocolate *milk* September 9, 2007
Adamant_One (Iowa City, IA, USA)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I'd been going far out of my way to get Horizon Organic regular refrigerated milk for years. I'm single, so I would never go through it fast enough and inevitably it would go bad & get wasted. In college, I had a spurious mini-fridge and milk would go "off". Again, the waste. If you buy organic milk, you know that it's not cheap, but it's very much worth it. It was so wonderful when Horizon started making these individual serving milk cartons, because I was tired of wasting products (and money, but strangely moreso the products), and tired of the smell of bad milk (although I have to say, organic milk has a better life in general and doesn't smell nearly as bad when it goes!). When I found these on Amazon I was pretty much ecstatic, especially when I found the instant rebate. I think that's ended now, sadly -- I should have stocked up more -- but with a subscription they still wind up being a better deal than a lot of grocery stores (and you get it delivered to your door -- I get em 2nd day with Prime for free, so who can beat that, short of a grocery delivery service that you have to pay for or at least tip for?)
Now, about the product itself... You should know: If you are new to organic milk, or even these chocolate milk cartons, that the taste may not be what you may initially be expecting. A lot of people don't realize before they decide to go organic that organic milk tastes a little bit different than the mostly tasteless homogenized, pasteurized, antibioticized to the limits, stuff that your grocery probably stocks. It's not a BAD taste, but it is a little bit different. I'd say, more flavorful. So, too, these organic milk cartons -- and the chocolate milk cartons won't taste like the regular, amped-up on artificial ingredients chocolate milk. Give it some time and you'll come to find you develop a preference for these, even if initially they seem a bit strange to you (my belief? that taste difference can be attributed to the lack of corn syrup and artificial chocolate flavorings, as well as the substitution of organic sugar and organic cocoa for same). The taste is not unpleasant, but it's possibly not what you think of when you think of "chocolate milk". Some of this is probably the "organic milk tastes a bit different", and the rest is probably "these are natural ingredients, which taste a bit different" from your typical processed foods. I predict that it will only take a week or two at the very most before your tastes become accustomed to these, much better for you, milks. You'll be doing your body a big favor, and I've got to tell you -- they DO taste delicious!
What's more, a single carton is really satisfying in a way that I can't say a single glass of "regular chocolate milk" has ever felt for me. Will this hold true for you and yours? I'm not sure, but I think that the health benefits alone of not drinking milk laden with antibiotics should spell a recommendation out, alone. My thought is that that "satisfaction" level largely stems from the lack of artificial sugars and syrups; you may recognize this effect if you're used to drinking a can of soda only to find that it's left you wanting more soda. That's sorta a bad thing, in my opinion. ;)
Moneywise: As I said before, I am single, so these are very cost-effective for *me*. Will these be your best bet if you are a parent with teenage boys? Maybe not. Are they far better substitutes for canned sodas in a packaged lunch for school or work? Oh yeah. If you guzzle this stuff down, it may not be a great deal for you, but if you are a college student, a career person, a single person who is on the run a lot or just doesn't go through milk products quickly and finds that things spoil on you way too fast -- or if you're just trying to substitute more healthy beverages for less healthy ones, I definitely suggest that you check these out. In the process, you'll also be supporting *FAMILY-OWNED FARMS*. This, to me, is a huge bonus.
If you go through a lot of milk, by the way, I HIGHLY suggest that you check out the Horizon Organics refrigerated line in your supermarket -- it's becoming a lot more readily available in the last couple of years, I've found.
One other thing: Because these store for decent periods of time and are high in protein and good for you, have a good calorie to storage size ratio, taste great, plus would provide needed liquids, they'd make an EXCELLENT addition to your disaster preparedness kit (you do have one, don't you?). At the very least I recommend you purchase and keep a case or two of these available for emergencies.
I bring mine on hikes!
PS: A small tip: When using the straw make sure to extend it the whole way and then twist/turn it half-way so that the straw locks in place length-wise. If you don't do this short little twist maneuver, you may find that you lose your straw in the carton by mistake! :)
 Horizon Organic Milk is a Hoax June 3, 2008
Jeff Elder
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Where to begin? What do real organic farmers and dairy farmers have to fear? A company that masquerades as organic but really has no interest beyond profiteering on the organic label. Horizon, owned by the giant Dean Foods, is such a company. Read up on this as much as you can - the more you learn the more you'll avoid this brand at every opportunity. Read up on a lawsuit with the FDA that the current administration has turned a blind eye towards -- just google cornucopia and Horizon. Real family dairy farmers say most organic dairy brands play by the rules but not Horizon. Observe their claim about family farms in the public relations product description above and then check out this picture of one of their "animal friendly" farms - just google fagundes and cornucopia -- what lovely pasture these cows have to enjoy. What crime did these cows commit to be put in the stockades like that? The only crime I see is that this milk is allowed to be sold at the organic price draped in pastoral imagery. Why take the chance? Buy local organic milk or another brand that you can trust. Look at this Dairy Report Card -- just google Dairy Report Card and cornucopia - to see how your favorite milk labels stack up.
Great Alternative for School Lunches February 18, 2008
~*~JG the lapless~*~ (scarytown)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really am glad that I stumbled on the $10 off promo and tried these chocolate milk cartons. The kids like them better than juice, and I do too! Even putting 100% juice in the lunches is not as good as these. With the school lunch periods getting shorter & shorter, I want to be sure that the kids get nutritionally dense foods - not just a short term sugar rush. These help immensely. I really recommend the product, and will continue to purchase it.
 Fantastic Taste, Convenient, VERY EXPENSIVE January 7, 2008
TwinGrlMom (Pittsburgh, PA United States)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
My entire family loves the taste of this milk, and the small cartons are fantastic for the kids to just grab and go. However, I did some small calculations that I thought I would share that shocked me. A pack of 18, 8 ounce cartons equals 144 ounces total, which then converts to 1.125 gallons. So basically you are paying $25 for a gallon of chocolate milk, compared to about $4 to $5 @ the supermarket. If you are on a budget as most of us are, I would urge you to reconsider buying these small cartons, buy a couple gallons @ the grocery store and re-use your sippy cups or other glasses you regularly use at home. You'll create less waste and save more money!
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