Serving size of a glass of Milo leaves Australians outraged: How many tablespoons in Milo?

A ‘discrepancy’ on the packaging of a tin of Milo has left thousands outraged over what they believe to be ‘misleading’ information.

A diehard Milo fan shared a tongue-in-cheek post on an Australian Reddit forum which called attention to a previously unnoticed section of the chocolate drink’s 20g serving size recommendation.

‘This is flagrant false advertising,’ a picture of the recommended Milo serving size was captioned.

The 1kg tin of Milo claims to contain ’50 serves’ which equals a recommended serving size of 20g (just over one tablespoon) per glass. 

Thousands flocked to the comments to rant about the ‘absurd’ suggestion, saying they use far more than that.

‘Ridiculous and a bald-faced lie,’ wrote one man. 

He added, ‘It has maybe five servings, tops.’

‘I don’t know about the lie,’ said another man. ‘Surely that means it’s 50 servings per cup?’

‘No, a kilo of Milo takes me five minutes and a spoon,’ said another.

‘It’s ten servings with the way my kids consume Milo.’ 

The 1kg tin of Milo claims to contain ’50 serves’ which equals to a serving size of 20g per drink

But others were called back to their childhood, where one tin was Milo was stretched extremely thin on occasions like school camp.

‘A tin has 500 serves if we’re on school camp,’ wrote one woman.

‘Gosh, why would you bring back repressed memories of Milo being brewed thinner than tea?’ asked another woman.

Another man also shared that his memories of Milo persevered through all recollections of camping.

‘I’m in my late-thirties now and I have absolutely no recollection of school, or camp, or where we went at all,’ he said. 

He added, ‘But I remember receiving a mug of hot water with a teaspoon of Milo like it was yesterday. Completely ruined my life.’

‘I swear we received hot milk that was held next to an empty Milo tin for five seconds,’ replied another.

Thousands could not move past the insinuation that a cup of Milo only required 20g of powder and shared their personal serving sizes when mixing the chocolate drink

Many still could not move past the insinuation that a cup of Milo only required 20g of powder.

‘No one I know follows this serving size,’ said one woman.

‘Everyone knows the right way is to pour a cup of milk into the tin, shake it around a bit, and scull it in one breath.’

A third added, ‘Milo tastes better than my will to care. More Milo, less problems.’

‘I would only use 20g if I was making Milo for someone I hate.’

‘What is this, a serving for ants?’