Our children have done a lot of work on the issue of plastic pollution and we decided that we should try to cut out all single-use plastic wherever possible”, reported head teacher James Law. New VIVA Flavoured Milk Drinks taste so delicious we want everyone to be able to enjoy them wherever they are; at school, on-the-go and at home. One size does not fit all – what works for a small single-room nursery may be wholly inappropriate for a large multi-class school.

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Nobody knows why drinking from a straw makes oat drink taste even better, it’s just one of those little mysteries in life that both children and adults are free to enjoy. The plastic straw is used by millions of children across the UK to consume their individual servings of milk. It’s naturally sweetened with Stevia leaf extract and contains naturally occurring sugars (from the low-fat milk). When the counting and analyzing are done, an impartial verifier professional double-checks the calculations. We’re running a trial with a handful of local schools to see how this would work in practice – we hope to publish the results of the trial soon.A mid-morning portion of school milk provides an amazing array of natural nutrients, and it gives children an energy and hydration boost when they need it most. This is a big financial commitment for us, but it’s an exciting project and we’re giving it our best shot! At Lincoln Carlton Academy, we are proud to have trialled the use of reusable milk bottles,” enthused Mrs Malam, Headteacher. Or you could try bucatini – it’s a bit like spaghetti but with a hole down the middle; the only problem is that the tube is very narrow so it might take a while to guzzle your full portion. Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in your daily diet contributes to maintaining a recommended cholesterol level.

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Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more confusing, some plastics are compostable – that means they biodegrade and disintegrate without leaving toxic residue, but they need the correct composting conditions.Reusable straws certainly exist – bamboo, silicon, stainless steel, even glass – but they need to be carefully washed and they could turn into lethal weapons in the wrong hands! We add Vitamin D to VIVA Milk Drinks so that your body can easily absorb the calcium, helping you develop strong, healthy bones! But there are a few stdrawbacks; they are expensive to produce in a sanitary manner, gluten-intolerants may not like them too much, and our tests have shown that they’re very easy to split – an over-enthusiastic squeeze results in liquid coming out of the sides of the straw, not just the end! We were delighted that Cool Milk were able to arrange for our milk to be delivered in glass pints, and the children and teachers have adapted very quickly to the new way of doing things – we’re really pleased we made the change.

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Secondly, they aren’t so durable, either in transit or in use – paper has a habit of disintegrating when wet! We need to supply milk in hygienic, convenient packaging so that the milk drinking experience is good for the kids, and good for their teachers and carers. One of the children told me that she loves her bottle as it’s got her name on it, and she loves how milk makes her bones healthy.The taste of all three New VIVA Milk Drinks was preferred against another leading brand of no added sugar Milk Drink. They’ve already had some great ideas and formal laboratory work has commenced – all top secret for now, but watch this space. But the problem is what happens to the straws after they’ve been used – their strength becomes a weakness, as they take centuries to degrade.

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We would provide the bottles free of charge, the school would just need to pour the milk out, the children would rinse out their own bottle after use, and then they’d take it home to be washed.

Each VIVA 200ml Flavoured Milk Drink provides 30% of the Reference Intake of Calcium and 40% of the Reference Intake of Vitamin D. Biodegradable plastic straws are available but the jury’s out – they’re not as easy to recycle as other plastics, and they only break down in certain conditions so if they get in the rivers and oceans, they ‘re just as harmful as “normal” plastic.