# Ovaltine—your opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656 "2009-02-13T04:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/1 "2009-02-13T04:50:31Z")
I _love_ the chocolate malt Ovaltine mix (you know, the powder you stir into milk). It just tastes so much better than regular, non-malted chocolate milk, including the “rich chocolate” flavor Ovaltine also makes, so much so that I can’t drink normal chocolate milk anymore. Incidentally, the stuff is also pretty nutritious, as well—it’s fortified with all kinds of vitamins and minerals. However, everyone else in my family can’t stand the stuff. One person said it tastes like chocolate milk with beef bouillon in it (😕)! The only problem I’ve ever had with it is that it doesn’t dissolve all that well (and it doesn’t come with a Little Orphan Annie decoder ring ;)). So, have you tried it, and what do you think about it? Note that I’m talking about the _chocolate_ malt kind, not the one that is just malted with no chocolate, which is nasty. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/2 "2009-02-13T04:55:53Z")
Yes, I agree. Chocalate Malted Ovaltine is yummy-licious. What more can I say? Oh- Make it with Really Really Cold milk. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/3 "2009-02-13T04:56:58Z")
I love Ovaltine – but the oxalates in it give me kidney stones. So no Ovaltine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/4 "2009-02-13T05:07:17Z")
I have a bottle in my pantry right now. I’m a big Ovaltine fan. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/5 "2009-02-13T05:44:56Z")
“The mug is round, the jar is round…they should call in Roundtine!” That’s from _Seinfeld_, by the way; in case someone out there didn’t know. As for Ovaltine, I used to love the stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/6 "2009-02-13T05:50:18Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Yes, I agree. Chocalate Malted Ovaltine is yummy-licious. What more can I say? Oh- Make it with Really Really Cold milk. Always. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/7 "2009-02-13T14:25:59Z")
We’re a Chocolate Malted Ovaltine house. My kids love it though my wife was a Quick fan and I grew up on Hershey’s Chocolate syrup. I actually prefer Chocolate Malted Ovaltine myself on the rare occasions I want a chocolate milk. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/8 "2009-02-13T15:31:28Z")
I love it enough that I don’t buy it, because it, and the gallon of milk I buy to go with it, will be gone in two days. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/9 "2009-02-13T15:36:40Z")
I’ve never tried Ovaltine, but I don’t forget it. I had no idea what it even was, and Ralphie’s reaction to the decoder ring ad in _A Christmas Story_ had me thinking it was something awful-tasting. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/10 "2009-02-13T15:40:03Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > “The mug is round, the jar is round…they should call in Roundtine!” > > That’s from _Seinfeld_, by the way; in case someone out there didn’t know. “That’s gold, Jerry! GOLD!!” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/11 "2009-02-13T15:49:38Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I’ve never tried Ovaltine, but I don’t forget it. I had no idea what it even was, and Ralphie’s reaction to the decoder ring ad in _A Christmas Story_ had me thinking it was something awful-tasting. “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.” A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/12 "2009-02-13T15:57:04Z")
I think it’s gross and doesn’t taste much like any other chocolate milk I’ve ever had. My mother, on the other hand, insists it’s the best of any brand. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/13 "2009-02-13T16:06:31Z")
I love it. I get the malted kind and the chocolate kind, for variety, and I have a glass every morning with breakfast. Lately I’ve gotten into the habit of having a glass at night after dinner when I get a sweet tooth instead of having ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/14 "2009-02-13T16:17:19Z")
I love me some chocolate malted stuff, but I’m not all that impressed with Ovaltine. It doesn’t dissolve very well, and the taste is…odd. I wouldn’t say it tastes like it has beef bouillon in it, but it does have that same weird sort of undertaste that things made with bouillon cubes has. My all-time favorite is the Walmart brand chocolate soy milk. It’s really rich and chocolatey. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovaltine-your-opinion/485656/15 "2009-02-14T09:33:06Z")
Ovaltine? Hersey’s Syrup? Bah I tell you!!! Blasphemy!! Growing up there was and still is only one true chocolate milk mix, that being **Nestle’s Quick** (or, if you must, Nesquik). All others are communism! Though Strawberry Quick _is_ a product of Satan… 😃