How popular is carbonated milk in different parts of the world?
Carbonated milk drinks are best known in East Asia, where Korea's Milkis has been sold since 1989 per product listings, and in Pakistan and India, where milk mixed with soda is a summer favorite. We found no reliable worldwide sales figures, so claims about exact popularity cannot be confirmed. Western attempts, such as Coca-Cola's Vio, have been far less successful.
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How popular is carbonated milk around the world?
It depends on what you call carbonated milk. We found no published sales figures that compare countries, so we cannot rank them. What we can confirm is where these drinks exist and how they are made.
South Korea: Milkis
Milkis is a fizzy, creamy soda from Lotte Chilsung Beverage, on sale since 1989 according to product listings. Listings show carbonated water, sugar, skimmed milk powder and milk flavor rather than liquid milk, but ingredients vary by flavor and market. It comes in many flavors including original, strawberry, banana and peach, and Asian grocery stores often stock it.
Pakistan and India: doodh soda
Doodh soda is chilled milk mixed with lemon-lime soda, sometimes with rose or fruit syrup. Press coverage describes it as a common summer drink sold by street vendors in Punjab and a household staple in Pakistan during Ramadan. It is a mix you make, not a bottled product.
Other attempts
- Vio (Coca-Cola, around 2009): a fruit-flavored carbonated dairy drink that did not last. SBS Food notes that Time listed it among the 50 worst inventions of all time.
- Arla: SBS Food reports a planned carbonated drink made from whey, a milk by-product, to be trialled in the UK, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
- Fermented fizzy milks: kefir is a fermented milk that can be lightly fizzy, and shubat, a fermented camel milk, is made in Central Asia.
Why is it not more common?
Plain milk proteins can clump when mixed with acid and bubbles, so makers use milk powder, whey or flavorings, or the drink is mixed fresh. Taste is also a matter of habit: many people find milk and soda a strange pairing.
What about the “popularity” claims you see online?
Be careful with lists that say a certain country drinks the most. We found none backed by sales data. Treat them as opinion.
This is general information. Check labels for milk, sugar and caffeine content, and ask a doctor if you have a milk allergy.
People also ask
Where is carbonated milk most popular?
Milkis is a well-known example in South Korea, and milk mixed with soda is common in Punjab in Pakistan and India. No sales data ranks countries.
Is carbonated milk made with real milk?
Milkis listings show skimmed milk powder and milk flavor. Doodh soda uses real chilled milk mixed with soda at home or at a stall.
Why did Coca-Cola's Vio fail?
We found no official reason. It was a carbonated dairy drink from around 2009 that did not last, and Time listed it among the 50 worst inventions.
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