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The invention of chocolate milk is often attributed to Dutch chemist Cornelius van Houten in the late 1820s. Van Houten developed a method to press the cacao bean, removing the fat, which resulted in a powder that could be mixed with water to create a more easily digestible and less fatty chocolate drink. This process made it possible to produce chocolate milk on a larger scale.

However, there's an earlier claim to the invention of chocolate milk that dates back to the 17th century. It is said that a French physician named Charles de L'Écluse (also known as Carolus Clusius) introduced the idea of mixing chocolate with milk, although this was not widely popularized at the time.

To summarize, while Cornelius van Houten is widely recognized for his significant contribution to the mass production of chocolate milk, the concept of mixing chocolate with milk might have been introduced earlier by Charles de L'Écluse.

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