Quaker Milk Chillers

PepsiCo announced today they are going national with their line of Quaker Milk Chillers flavored-milk beverages. Since last year, the dairy product was being tested in schools.

Unlike traditional flavored-milk drinks, Quaker Milk Chillers is marketed as low sugar, using a combination of sucrose, Splenda, and acesulfame potassium. They have a similar nutritional profile to plain 2% reduced fat milk and qualify for PepsiCo's Smart Spot™ symbol because they contain 45-50% less sugar than other flavored milks.

In addition, Quaker Milk Chillers have a six-month shelf life thanks to "aseptic technology", compared to two weeks to three months for other flavored milks.

Quaker Milk Chillers will be available in vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavors, and comes in 14-ounce single-serve plastic bottles. They'll first hit store shelves in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic USA by as early as this week.