GN Soya Milk Powder, Milk Chocolate Flavour, 500g

Product Overview

GN Soya Milk Powder is a chocolate-flavoured drink mix made in Bangladesh by Green Nutrition Foods, Pabna, in a 500g food-grade container. The seller states it is BSTI registered and laboratory tested.

It is a food: a warm or cold drink made from soybean, oats and milk, which gives you protein, some fibre and calcium from the milk and soy.

Ingredients / Specifications

• Roasted soybean flour
• Oats
• Skimmed milk powder
• Cocoa powder
• Malt powder

Allergens: contains soy and milk. Malt is usually made from barley, and oats are often processed alongside wheat, so assume it is not gluten-free.

The listing mentions 28 vitamins and minerals, but the ingredient list above shows no added vitamin mix and gives no amounts. Treat it as a soy-oat-milk drink, and message us if you want us to read the pack’s nutrition panel to you.

Key Benefits

• Soy is a good-quality plant protein, and the milk powder adds more.
• Oats bring soluble fibre.
• An easy way to get a nourishing drink into someone with a small appetite, a fussy eater or an older relative.
• Tastes like a chocolate malt drink, so it is easy to keep taking.

What It Does Not Do

The Bengali listing makes a long run of health promises — that it prevents cancer and coronavirus, lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol, stops hair fall, raises breast milk, increases children’s IQ and prevents memory loss in old age. A soya drink does none of these things, and we have not repeated them. It is a good, ordinary food, and that is enough.

The listing also suggests it for people who cannot take milk. It contains skimmed milk powder, so it is not suitable for anyone with a milk allergy, and people with lactose intolerance should try a small amount first.

How to Use

1. Stir the powder into a glass of warm water or milk. The seller suggests 3 to 5 teaspoons for anyone over 15, and half a teaspoon for children aged 5 to 15.
2. Drink it morning and night, before or after food.
3. Let it cool a little, or chill it — it can also be served cold.
4. It can be sprinkled over yoghurt, payesh, firni or semai as well.

Who Is It Suitable For?

Adults and children over 5 without a soy or milk allergy. If you take thyroid medicine, soy can reduce how much you absorb — keep a gap of a few hours and tell your doctor. People with diabetes should check the pack for added sugar, as the listing does not say.

This Is a Supplement, Not a Medicine

A dietary supplement is a food product. It is not a medicine, it has not been through the testing a medicine goes through, and it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Supplement labels use health language — “supports”, “helps maintain”, “promotes” — precisely because they are not permitted to claim treatment. Read them that way. If a listing anywhere promises that a capsule will fix a medical condition, that promise is not one the product can keep.

What a supplement can honestly do is fill a gap in your diet. That is worth something, and it is a smaller thing than most packaging implies.

Talk to a Doctor First

Speak to a doctor or pharmacist before you start, particularly if you:

• take any prescribed medicine — supplements interfere with medicines more often than people expect
• are being treated for a heart, liver, kidney, thyroid or blood condition
• have diabetes
• are pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding
• have surgery or a dental procedure coming up

Never stop or reduce a prescribed medicine in order to take a supplement instead. That is the single most dangerous thing anyone does with a product like this, and it is what the marketing language quietly invites.

Storage

• Close the lid tightly after every use — powder takes in moisture fast in Dhaka humidity and forms lumps.
• Use a dry spoon.
• Keep it somewhere cool, away from the stove and direct sun.
• Do not keep a made-up glass standing at room temperature.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it dairy-free?

No. It contains skimmed milk powder.

Can I mix it with water only?

Yes. The seller says water or juice both work for anyone who does not want milk.

Is it suitable for children?

The seller suggests it from age 5, in a smaller amount. It is a food drink, not a replacement for meals.

How do I check the pack is in date?

The expiry date is printed on the bottle or the base of the box. Check it as soon as your order arrives. If it is unreadable or close to expiry, message us and we will replace it.