One of the biggest things I missed when I came to Taiwan was my daily ‘shot’ of Milo. Two massively heaped tablespoons and about 750ml (or whatever your standard milkshake glass holds) and I was in chocolate energy heaven each morning.

Knowing that half of Asia is lactose intolerant I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d find here and for my first few months I ran around in despair as nobody in Taiwan seemed to stock Milo.

After trying numerous random supermarkets, Carrefour, A-Mart, Ryan’s supermarkets, Wellcome and Costco I finally had a breakthrough one afternoon when I ventured into an A-Mart store.

Ladies and gentlemen, behold Milo in Taiwan!

Price wise it was nothing special coming in at $119 TWD ($4 AUD) for 500g. Infact from memory it seems to be about on par with what Milo costs back in Australia, needless to say I was kind of disappointed. Guess it could have been worse, at least it wasn’t double or triple the price.

Walking into a supermarket the other day and seeing bog standard beef for $30 AUD a kilogram was a bit of a shock to the system.

Luckily A-Marts are dotted all over the island of Taiwan so finding one shouldn’t be a problem if you’re living here or even just visiting.

Additionally, Nestle in Taiwan seem to be going out of their way to highlight the fact that Milo here has something called ‘Actigen-E’ in it. I’d never seen this red circle advertising Actigen-E back home so I had no idea what it was.

Turns out it’s more then likely already in the Australian Milo formula as this Zoot review mentions Actigen-E in their marketing spiel for Australian Milo;

And now MILO is better than ever. It has been fortified with ACTIGEN-E, a unique combination of “energy-releasing” micronutrients, that help promote the optimal release of energy from food containing proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

The energy-releasing mixture contains essential nutrients such as water soluble B-vitamins, vitamin C, Iron and minerals.

All that’s very well but I hope it doesn’t change the taste, texture or the nice layer of crunchy Milo you get on top of your milk in any way. Buggered if I drink Milo for it’s nutrient properties…

Unfortunately cheap milk still proves to be the elusive missing key to my daily morning Milo equation. Well, that and the fact that I don’t have any glasses nor a kitchen to wash them in here even if I bought some.

Milk isn’t too bad but with me going through nearly a litre a day (probably more in Taiwan’s summer heat) spending $2+ a litre or so would add up very quickly.

First things first though, I need to find myself a kitchen sink…

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