First, thank you for the original post. It's probably a good sports drink, and I like what they are doing with their NIL “partners”.
That said, let us not confuse the milk by-product derived sports drink with milk.
They are not at all the same or even similar. As noted earlier, the, the GoodSport liquid, unlike milk, has no lactose. Unlike milk, a major source of protein for babies, young children, and calves, it has no protein (other than tiny trace amounts that got by the filtration process). Milk has fat in it. This product does not.
If you read the maker's website carefully, you may find a strong hint that the liquid they use is a by-product of the manufacturing of of milk protein powder. They add “natural” color and bottle and sell it. That's smart use of low cost raw materials, but that doesn't make it milk.
What's in the bottle? (1) Electrolytes derived from cow juice, (2) sweeteners derived from cow juice, (3) blueberry and carrot extract colors, and finally,in a nod to our well-hydrated colleague
@ClifSpliffy, lots of water.
I grew up drinking milk, and liked it. I fed milk to my kids. Many of my neighbors in this very rustic slice of coastal Maine are dairy farmers—see the attached sign for a local farm—and they are good folks helping cows make milk. I not only have nothing against milk, I like it. The sports drink ain't milk.
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