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The first recorded instance of chocolate milk was made by Dutch chemist Cornelius van Houten in the early 19th century. Van Houten developed a process to press the fat from roasted cacao beans, which made it easier to mix cocoa powder with water. This innovation led to the creation of a more palatable and less gritty beverage, which we now know as chocolate milk.

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According to the Natural History Museum in Britain, that credit goes to Sir Hans Sloane, an Irish botanist. Sloane spent some time in Jamaica in the early 1700s, where the local people gave him cocoa to drink. ��He found it 'nauseous' but by mixing it with milk made it more palatable,�� the museum says.read more >>