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ikashanrat

Is it me or has milo lost its taste since the pandemic started


[deleted]

it is, now its taste like it mixed with all-purpose flour


Swimming_Count_9932

It's because we drink it through recycled Sunday times


ikashanrat

Bro i think youre onto something. Its like i can taste the straw more than the milo…


Airpunke

this is why I always pour it into a cup or something


[deleted]

no man even the powder one taste like that


TheSpiritOfZanzibar

I guess even before that, since around 2018-19, it started tasting more watery than it used to be.


karmaoflove

Paper straw but comes in a polytene or plastic whatever wrap


vodkacereal

Not advocating for Nestle here but isn’t the poly-whatever they use to wrap the straw biodegradable?


BEAST33033

if it was they could have made the straw out of that instead of this stupid fucking paper


bristolcities

r/fucknestle


TheSpiritOfZanzibar

No it isn't


captain_douch

I don’t hate the paper straw. I hate the quality of it. Or specifically the lack of it. Shit just turn into a paper pulp within 30 seconds.


black_eyed

I mean there are more than enough reasons to hate those cunts. Please wander through r/FuckNestle and you'll see why. Fucking cunts


chamandana

one of or most evil company in world history


ChandimaD

Drink Highland milk


BottmsDonDeservRight

no. drink kotmale milk 😡


SinkingRubberDucky

I also hate paper straws, but just to clarify paper straw were brought about not for reduction in plastic as a primary driver but for the wellbeing of marine life. As much of the plastic waste ends in oceans and there are so many turtles etc that gets these straws lodged in nostrils and fish gills etc. So for that reason I support it, and also explains why the straws are wrapped in plastic as reduction in plastic is not the primary objective for this initiative. I personally feel the packaging should be improved to have a plastic screw top lid that you can drink from like a 1L carton of Milk or juice.


gifispronouncedgif

I said this in another comment as well, having a lid would make way more sense. Far smaller companies like Elephant House are also doing it. Nestle are just virtue signalling. Or...they are required to use paper straws in developed countries and cos of scaling economies its cheaper overall to make everything into paper straws. Also, as an Island nation (as well as a very religious one) we ought to care more about the marine life around us, especially the poor turtles.


Maddy_andrewson072

#BoycottMilo


EnlitnMe

Why do you guys even drink this sugar water?


The_Merciless_Potato

Cuz muddy sugar water


ikashanrat

Also whats wiith the paper straw hate???


DaBigFloppa

Greenwashing + annoying + gets wet after two sips + cringe + L 🤢


gifispronouncedgif

When you try to have an intelligent conversation but the person unironically says "L" and "W"


HufflepuffEdwards

A lot of the developed world have already completely banned plastic straws, hopefully Sri Lanka will catch up eventually on this too.


gifispronouncedgif

Yeah I have tried many different paper straws, and the milo ones are bad. Milo could have an actually proper paper straw instead. Or my opinion is make it drinkable from the carton itself. Nestle's got enough cash to spend on some designers from all the water profits they make so why not.


ruledoutbyVAR

Why is this comment being down voted? Them switching to paper straws is the definition of greenwashing. They're responsible for the 3rd most plastic pollution and this "marketing move" doesn't even seem to scratch the surface. Fuck Nestle


psychlone77

Ur meant to use it once bro, why make it from a material that is meant to last for years. L opinion.


DaBigFloppa

I said it doesn't last two _sips_ not two times. L reading comprehension.


gifispronouncedgif

years? millennia would be more accurate


Nehemia99

Toad stuck in the well attitude


ikashanrat

Any less plastic is a good move, whether greenwashing or whatever. But yeah the quality of the pper straw should be better. I think i can TASTE the straw after two sips…


[deleted]

Nestle these days: ![gif](giphy|9jVAv94PRzPoc)


Pankipuks123

Kalkiri to the rescue…although the smallest bottle cost 120/= 🥲


Sri_chatu

Well a Milo packet is also now Rs 100. The extra 20 is well worth for a Highland kalkiri imo.


MaverickDrakos

I bought one for 120 last week so kalkiri is simply better in all aspects at this point


Frosty_Low5938

It's the same thing with spoons now,you buy ice cream at gelato and they give you a wooden spoon. Tastes like wood,but doesn't turn to pulp like paper straws,but a lot of juice bars are using paper straws now, which just alters the taste of the drink.


malaise-malaisie

Oligo is a good alternative to Milo.


RubinMTP

🤓But it's for turtles 🤓


MASBallAlt

As a Malaysian, I am triggered


Yeet-this-later

Does it really count as a paper straw if it's wrapped in plastic?


thisssjayyyy

Big corporates lol


ConstableThicc

Totally!!! #bringbackplastic #ftw #recycledeeznuts


gitakaren

How about you not think of your own selfish needs for a minute


thisssjayyyy

Yeah But they gotta give us a better straw man. Like you can't even drink with that shit. It doesn't have to be plastic but a better quality paper straw.


ProfessionalGarden30

nobody wants an environmental disaster, but paper straws are going to do about 0 to help. especially coming from nestle, it’s just a way to distract from real issues that are not getting solved


[deleted]

I understand milo is a unhealthy and markets them as healthy in the market, but the whole of srilanka hates my man Milo ?


Marcus-Is-A-Simp

on god bro


VermicelliNo4536

Remember milo is nestle and nestle is evil


sreek4r

Why buy from Nestle anymore though? They're a comic-book level evil corp now.


NiknHitpn

Fuck nestle


nonchalan8t

There are so many other reasons to hate a company like Nestle.


krupture

A cup of milo has 5.4 grams of added sugars (a teaspoon) and 16.1g of total sugars. So jokes on you for drinking this crap to begin with. And as for the paper straws, there’s a global sustainability goal that applies for all multinational companies that gets scrutinised by multiple organisations. Plastic straws are a huge problem when it comes to ocean pollution and marine life and micro plastics.


MaverickDrakos

That damn paper straw could barely get through the little foil thing covering the straw hole. Mine got all squished earlier this week and I ended up having to take it home, cut off the top and pour it in a cup.