Get the Facts on Chocolate Milk
Nature’s Sports Drink, Backed by Science.

Why REFUEL with Chocolate Milk?
Find out the advantages
Nutrient-rich chocolate milk can help you refuel and rehydrate within the critical 30-minute recovery window after exercise. It contains:
- A combination of carbohydrates and protein to refuel and repair muscles
- Fluids to rehydrate
- Electrolytes to replenish what is lost in sweat
- It has the added bonus of bone-building nutrients, like calcium, to help maintain strong bones and prevent stress fractures.
Recent studies have shown the nine essential nutrients in low-fat chocolate milk make it an ideal drink after intense exercise, including marathon and triathlon training and competition.
What essential nutrients are found in chocolate milk?
Hint: There are quite a few!
The role of essential nutrients in chocolate milk are important for function and performance:
- Build and maintain strong bones and teeth (calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorus)
- Promote normal blood pressure (calcium and potassium)
- Help convert food into energy (riboflavin and niacin)
- Play a role in the development and maintenance of the central nervous system (riboflavin and vitamin B12)
- Help build and maintain lean muscle (protein)
- Help build red blood cells (vitamin B12)
- Help regulate the balance of fluids in the body (potassium)
- Promote good vision (vitamin A)
- Promote healthy skin (vitamin A)
- Promote a healthy immune system (vitamin A)
Where can I find additional information?
Discover the science
DairyFoods.com – World-renowned sports nutritionist says, “Just drink it.”
National Dairy Council – Adding milk to your post-workout plan can benefit your body because it supplies many of the key nutrients needed as part of a daily training diet.
The National Milk Processor Promotion Board – Low-fat chocolate milk naturally has many of the nutrients most commercial recovery drinks have to add in the lab – including high-quality protein and key electrolytes like calcium, potassium, sodium, and magnesium.
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