Horlicks Original Malted Drink 270g (Pack of 1)

My daughter watches Call the Midwife and apparently this drink is mentioned as a soothing and good-for-you drink given to women after giving birth. We discovered it is a lovely and soothing drink after a hard day to help you sleep. I am sold and will always have it in my pantry.

This is a great tasting hot drink. It is not chocolate base like Milo or ovaltine. When added to milk the color of the milk barely changes. It gives the milk a smooth texture and a creamy taste. I mix 2 tbs with warm milk, sometimes I use sugar and sometime I don't. Without sugar added it still has a good taste. The only thing is the 300g container is very small I was expecting something a little bigger for $10. If I knew 300g was so small in size I would have order the larger size. Here is the Nutritional fact base on 1 serving 25g Calories 189 Sodium 1 mg Total Fat 4 g Potassium 0 mg Saturated 3 g Total Carbs 27 g Polyunsaturated 0 g Dietary Fiber 0 g Monounsaturated 0 g Sugars 19 g Trans 0 g Protein 10 g Cholesterol 0 mg Vitamin A 36% Calcium 88% Vitamin C 28% Iron 19%

I grew up in India, and this was a daily drink for me. I don't know if the nutritional benefits are worth it or not, but this tastes exactly like the Horlicks in India. This is made is the UK though, and I believe the Brits introduced it to India. I haven't seen nutritional drinks like Bournvita, Complan or Horlicks much in the USA. I have seen the ones imported from India in Indian grocery stores, but I never got hem because I never find the expiry dates on them. I ordered this from amazon (300g jar) for about $7 and it tastes exactly like the indian version I used to drink in India as a child. I also recently found this in an Indian grocery store (this exact UK made horlicks, not the Indian made one), and the 500g jar cost only $5.49, so maybe check out your local Indian grocery store if you have one nearby before you order online...

Taste great and pricing is affordable.

This is the real stuff: nothing like the fakey "80% sugar, 20% malt extract" malt powder available in the US. It's delicious when added to hot milk, a milkshake, or other desserts. It's very comforting and the first time I tried it, I fell asleep for 3 hours in the middle of the evening, so there must be something to the 'helps you sleep' hype! I made a vanilla milkshake recently with this and it was a wonderful addition. When added to hot milk, I usually add a teaspoon or so of sugar to sweeten it slightly. My only suggestion is to get a larger amount if you plan on using it often: I decided on this instead of the two-pack of 500g jars for price reasons, but I didn't realize it would require a tablespoon per cup, and much more for milkshakes.

The Horlicks Drinking Powder adds an outstanding malted flavor to milk and malted milkshakes. I bought this to recapture the taste I remember of childhood malts (the warm version wasn't part of my experience) and the candy malt tablets that Horlicks made when I was a kid. This stuff delivered! I've tried some other brands of malt powder and they didn't seem to have the right kind of malt flavor any more (I'm talking to you, Carnation).... and forget about crushing malted milk balls to add to a drink. Adding a bit of water to the powder to make a paste at the bottom of the glass or cup really helps avoid lumping, but if you use a high speed blender it doesn't matter. Never occurred to me to add sugar and if you add a syrup it's unlikely added sugar is needed.

I ordered this stuff because I used to like malt tablets as a kid. I was hoping it would be a nice drink (or at least powder) for the kids. Ugh.. it's bland. I followed the directions and made some by mixing milk. Hmm... nothing to write home about. My first thought was maybe elderly folks would like this, but it really had no other redeeming flavor qualities that I could see. Even by adding additional powder to the milk - still not much luck.

I'm glad I tried it. I had seen it on a British tv show and thought it would be interesting to try. I tried it once and did not finish the cup because it got cold. Thought would give it a second chance and tried again. It does not taste bad, but I didn't finish that cup either. My friend tried it and she enjoyed it. I thought of putting some chocolate in it, but ended up giving it away to someone with British friends. It is kind of like warm milk with some texture. You might like it. All a matter of personal taste.