Scottish farm Mossgiel produces the ‘most natural’ chocolate milk without waste

A Scottish organic dairy farm has launched what it claims is the “most natural” waste-free chocolate milk.

Dubbed “brown cow’s milk”, Mossgiel chocolate milk is made from waste cocoa hulls sourced from artisan chocolatiers at Bare Bones.

What follows is a unique brewing technique where the husks are added to organic milk along with raw organic sugar to make it “the most natural chocolate milk on the market.”

Bryce Cunningham, founder of Mossgill Farm near Mauchlin, wanted to create a “natural yet sustainable” chocolate milk.

He said: “We have been committed to developing Mossgiel chocolate milk for a long time, but it was important that we created a drink that was not only natural, but also sustainable.

“Just as we are trying to solve the problem with the dairy industry, there is also a problem with chocolate milk. It’s full of garbage. We wanted to create something of quality using real chocolate and not just fluff and E numbers.

“We take what would otherwise be waste and turn it into a fresh drink – without an E number, with natural cream on top and completing the zero-waste cycle.

“Our chocolate milk flakes into a creamy crust just like our regular milk, and to my knowledge, it is the only chocolate milk that is created using waste.”

Story Shop included

Once brewed, the cocoa husks are processed into compost, combined with Matthew Elgee’s coffee waste, cow manure and bedding to create a rich organic fertilizer. This compost is then used to feed the farm’s fields, completing the farm’s zero-waste cycle.

Bryce said he was inspired when he learned that people thought chocolate milk came from brown cows rather than cocoa and sugar, so he decided to make it a reality.

He said: “I grew up hearing stories about people who thought chocolate milk came from brown cows, not cocoa and sugar. This has always been with me – why not bring it to life?

“Ayrshire cows are, of course, brown, so now there’s some truth to it: this chocolate milk definitely comes from brown cows – and drinking it doesn’t cost the planet any.”

Mossgel has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £300,000 for the modern dairy business, which has already reached a cost of £100,000.

With planning permission now in place, this investment will allow the farm to double its production capacity.

Visitors to the farm where poet Robert Burns wrote his famous works will be offered free samples of chocolate milk upon arrival.