Nestlé Bear Brand Fortified Choco Milk Drink Ingredients: What Is in It?
Nestlé Bear Brand Fortified Choco Milk Drink ingredients: the listed ingredients, milk and soy allergens, sugars, emulsifiers and what to check on your pack.
Quick answer: The Nestlé Bear Brand Fortified Choco Milk Drink pack shown in Fig's listing is built on milk products (skimmed milk, sweet whey, buttermilk and milk fat) with sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable oil, cocoa powder and maltodextrin, plus added minerals and vitamins, several emulsifiers and a steviol glycoside sweetener. It contains milk (with lactose) and soy, so it is not suitable for anyone avoiding dairy or soy.
Searches for the Bear Brand ingredients list mostly come from shoppers checking allergens and added sugar. This page reproduces the listed ingredients, explains the ones people ask about, and shows how the list reads against common diets. It is general information, not medical advice.
Ingredient List (as Listed on the Pack)
- Milk products (skimmed milk, sweet whey, buttermilk, milk fat)
- Sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable oil, cocoa powder, maltodextrin
- Flavors (milk)
- Minerals (calcium carbonate, tricalcium citrate, iron pyrophosphate, zinc sulfate)
- Emulsifiers (soya lecithin, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium hexametaphosphate, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate)
- Vitamins (C, E, B6, B1, pantothenic acid, A, B2, D, biotin, B12)
- Caseinate
- Sweetener (steviol glycosides)
Allergens
The listing states: contains food allergen milk (contains lactose) and soya. Soya comes from the soya lecithin, and milk appears several times (skimmed milk, sweet whey, buttermilk, milk fat, caseinate and milk flavor). Read the allergen statement on your own pack.
What Stands Out
- Added sugars: sugar, glucose syrup and maltodextrin all appear, and a steviol glycoside sweetener is added too. See the Nutrition Facts for sugar per serving.
- Vegetable oil with no source named, which could be palm, soybean, canola or another oil. See our guide to seed oils.
- Emulsifiers: soya lecithin, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium hexametaphosphate, disodium phosphate and sodium citrate. Sodium hexametaphosphate is used as a sequestrant and emulsifier in dairy products such as canned milk and cheese powders, according to Wikipedia. The source of the mono- and diglycerides is not stated, which matters for halal, vegetarian and vegan readers. See our guide to emulsifiers.
- Fortification: the drink is fortified with minerals (calcium, iron, zinc) and vitamins, which is what the Fortified name refers to.
How the List Reads Against Common Diets
| Diet or need | What the list shows |
|---|---|
| Dairy-free or lactose-free | Not suitable: milk products, whey, buttermilk, caseinate and lactose are listed |
| Soy-free | Not suitable: soya lecithin is listed |
| Gluten-free | No gluten ingredient listed, but no gluten-free claim and the maltodextrin source is not stated; check the pack |
| Vegan | Not suitable: milk products |
| Halal or vegetarian | The source of the mono- and diglycerides is not stated; look for certification |
| Low added sugar | Contains sugar, glucose syrup and maltodextrin plus a sweetener |
Check the Pack in Your Hand
Ingredient lists differ by country, pack size and production date, and manufacturers change recipes. This list comes from one pack of Bear Brand Fortified Choco Milk Drink as shown in a product listing on Fig, a food-scanner app, which reproduces the label from a pack photo. We did not see a manufacturer page, so treat it as a guide and read the label on your own pack. If you have a serious allergy, check the pack and contact the manufacturer.
Checking Packaged Foods With Foodsage
Foodsage is an ingredient checker. You choose your conditions, sensitivities and avoid categories (dairy, soy, added sugars and refined starches), scan a barcode or an ingredient list, and it returns a verdict that names the ingredients that matched your profile. It reads the ingredient list, so it cannot see cross-contact or tell you whether a pack in another country has a different recipe. It does not diagnose or treat any condition, and nothing here is medical advice.
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