Yazoo® is a brand of FrieslandCampina nourishing by nature®
Mobius Loop
Quick nutrition guide
Per 200 ml Typical Values
Energy
480kJ
114kcal
6%
Per 100 ml 240 kJ / 57 kcal
RI = Reference intake
Nutrition
Table of Nutritional Information
This pack contains 2 Servings
per 100ml
per 200ml
Energy
240kJ
480kJ
57kcal
1146kcal
Fat
1.1g
2.3g
- of which saturates
0.7g
1.5g
Carbohydrate
8.7g
17.5g
- of which sugars
8.7g
17.5g
Protein
3g
6.1g
Salt
<0.5g
<0.5g
*RI = Reference intake
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This pack contains 2 servings
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RI= Reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ / 2000 kcal)
Table of Vitamins and Minerals Information
This pack contains 2 Servings
per 100ml
per 200ml
Calcium
10513mg
21026mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
<0.5mg
<0.5mg
NRV = Nutrient Reference Value
Ingredients
Semi Skimmed Milk, Skimmed Milk, Sugar, Banana Juice from Concentrate (1%), Stabiliser: Gellan Gum, Flavouring, Colour: Carotenes
Information
Free From Artificial Colours
Free From Artificial Sweeteners
Dietary Information
Suitable for Vegetarians
Health
High in Protein
Source of calcium
Source of vitamin B2
Preparation and Safety
Best served chilled
Storage
Best before: See cap
Once opened, keep refrigerated and drink within 3 days.
Packaging
Sleeve: Do Not Recycle
Manufacturer Address
FrieslandCampina UK Ltd,
London,
SW1V 1AN,
UK.
FrieslandCampina,
Stationsplein 4,
3818 LE Amersfoort,
NL.
Similar products
Not for EU
Item code: 8156803
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tastyGorgeous tasty milkshake, just the perfect balance of flavour thanks!
5 out of 5
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Written by Georgie8828th July 2026
Yahoo bananaI was happy with the flavor but the texture and consistency was a bit watery for me.
4 out of 5
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Written by Boss 7921st July 2026
TastyGreat consistency, lovely taste, good price, would buy again
5 out of 5
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Written by Elainecc21st July 2026Yes, I recommend this product
ExpensiveRidiculously expensive. I carelessly thought I was buying my usual 1000ml. In fact the 1000ml bottle was on offer and actually cheaper than this 400ml.
2 out of 5
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Written by stevie 222nd December 2025
MilkshakeLove this Good quality regularly on special not too sweet
4 out of 5
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Written by Devilbean12th August 2025Yes, I recommend this product
Delicious and easy way to get caloriesI don't understand the negative reviews. I think it tastes delicious and is refreshing straight from the fridge. I have colitis and find eating and maintaining weight a problem. This is an easy and enjoyable way of getting 200 calories. The strawberry flavour is okay but prefer this one.
5 out of 5
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Value
Written by Jak3925th July 2025Yes, I recommend this product
Milk as Myth: The Semiotic Spectacle of Yazoo BanaThe Yazoo Banana Milk Drink presents itself not merely as a consumable product, but as a densely layered signifier — a semiotic playground where myth and modernity collide. Its bold, swirling design, the vibrant banana yellow spiraling across the surface, evokes the kinetic energy of youth culture and vitality. The bottle’s shape, anthropomorphically curvaceous, suggests a form meant to be held — intimate, ergonomic, bodily. It does not want to be a container; it wants to be a companion, almost as if the drink itself yearns for the consumer's grasp, to become part of a daily ritual, to offer not sustenance but identity.
The brand name “Yazoo,” written in exaggerated, comic-book typography, is loud, playful, and performative. It transcends its literal function — not merely a brand, but a chant, a cheer, an onomatopoeic echo of exuberance. It positions itself in the language of youth, of spontaneity and fun. There is an insistence on simplicity, yet this simplicity is artificial — a calculated regression into childhood, where banana is not a fruit, but a flavor archetype, an emblem of innocent indulgence. This is not the banana of the fruit bowl, but the banana of cartoons, milk moustaches, and schoolyard nostalgia.
The phrase “I’m High in Protein” anthropomorphizes the product, giving the milk drink a voice. The bottle speaks in the first person, as if to collapse the distance between object and subject, between commodity and consumer. This verbal ventriloquism turns the product into a pseudo-agent of health and reassurance, adopting the idioms of the wellness industry while masking its industrial origins. Here, nutritional value is not a fact, but a performative badge of virtue — milk not as nourishment, but as a moral good.
The additional presence of the 2-for-1 Alton Towers and Thorpe Park promotion extends the product’s meaning into the realm of spectacle. The milk drink becomes a ticket, a passage into realms of fantasy and adrenaline. It is not only ingested but exchanged, functioning within a broader economic ritual of leisure and reward. This collusion between milk and amusement park is a symbolic marriage — the domestic colliding with the spectacular, the kitchen table dissolving into rollercoaster tracks. Consumption here is no longer passive; it is an initiation into a lifestyle, a symbolic membership into a culture of pleasure.
Even the recycling instructions — “Remove my sleeve & recycle my bottle!” — are laced with affectation. The imperative is softened through the illusion of animation; the bottle once again speaks, this time as an eco-conscious participant in the consumer’s ethical journey. But this environmental gesture is sanitized, gestural — the sign of sustainability rather than its substance. The act of recycling becomes another mode of self-expression, another checkbox in the consumer’s performance of virtue.
Overpriced yuk!This used to be addictive, thick and creamy and delicious, now it barely resembles a milk shake. Overpriced Yuk! I can't even finish the small bottles in the fridge, they are that
unappetizing. It gets one star as it has no nasty additives or preservatives in it, so for that it gets one star.
1 out of 5
Written by Jessica1218th November 2024
Yummy!Delicious banana flavor milk. Very flavorful and not too sweet with a smooth consistency. Very enjoyable.
5 out of 5
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Written by phoebeb277th February 2024Yes, I recommend this product
My favouriteDelicious banana drink, always was a childhood favourite and continues to be so today, would always buy again.
5 out of 5
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Value
Written by Sask30th January 2024Yes, I recommend this product
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What is ultimately consumed, then, is not banana milk but myth: the myth of health, the myth of youth, the myth of ethical consumption, and the myth of joy. Yazoo, with its cartoonish lettering, its playful voice, its promises of protein and park rides, conceals the machinery of its production beneath layers of cultural fantasy. It is not milk; it is metaphor. It is not drink; it is discourse.
