For a summer BBQ, choose a ready-to-drink flavoured milkshake if you want a familiar milk drink, or compare protein shakes if fat and protein per 100 ml matter more; a meal-replacement powder serves a different purpose and needs preparation. Tesco Groceries lists 0.3 g fat per 100 ml for For Goodness Shakes Protein Chocolate and 0.9 g for Arla Protein Strawberry and Raspberry, while Yazoo lists 1.4 g for its Chocolate milkshake. Both protein-shake examples are lactose-free but contain milk, and any drink that requires refrigeration must be kept cool outdoors.
If you are setting drinks out alongside BBQ food, compare the fat figure per 100 ml and make room in a cool bag or cool box for dairy drinks that need chilling. The Food Standards Agency advises keeping foods normally stored in the fridge cool at a picnic.
Compare the nutrition panels of ready-to-drink shakes rather than assuming they have the same fat or protein content. The Arla Protein and For Goodness Shakes examples listed by Tesco Groceries are lactose-free dairy products: they still contain milk.
A flavoured milkshake can be served straight from its bottle. Tesco Groceries describes Tesco Slim Chocolate as a meal replacement that must be made with skimmed milk as directed, so its intended use and preparation differ from a ready-to-drink BBQ drink.
Start with the exact flavour’s nutrition panel, then check whether its format and storage instructions fit the way you will serve it.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Fat and other nutrition | Compare fat, sugars, protein and energy per 100 ml on the exact flavour’s label. Do not use a low-fat description as a substitute for checking the other figures. | I want to compare drinks on the same basis, rather than assume that a lower fat figure also means less sugar or more protein. |
| Outdoor storage | Read the unopened storage directions and the instructions after opening. The Food Standards Agency advises using a cool box or bag with ice or frozen gel packs for dairy products normally kept in the fridge. | For a BBQ, I need to know which bottles require chilling during transport and serving, and what to do with an opened bottle. |
| Milk and lactose | Check both the lactose-free description and the ingredients or allergen declaration. Tesco Groceries lists milk in the lactose-free Arla Protein and For Goodness Shakes examples. | If I need to avoid milk itself, a lactose-free dairy shake will not meet that requirement. |
| Drink format | Check whether the product is ready to drink or requires mixing. Tesco Slim Chocolate is a meal-replacement powder made with skimmed milk as directed, not a bottled flavoured milkshake. | When serving guests straight away, I want a drink I can pour or hand out without preparing a meal replacement. |
Yazoo lists 1.4 g fat, 8.6 g sugars and 3.3 g protein per 100 ml for its Chocolate milkshake. The fat figure alone does not describe its sugar or protein content.
Compare fat, sugars, protein and energy per 100 ml for each flavour you are considering.
The lactose-free Arla Protein and For Goodness Shakes products listed by Tesco Groceries still contain milk.
If milk must be avoided, read the ingredients and allergen declaration rather than relying on the lactose-free wording.
Unopened storage directions do not apply after a bottle is opened. Food Standards Agency picnic guidance says dairy products normally kept in the fridge need a cool box or bag with ice or frozen gel packs; in extremely hot weather, use food that has been out of the fridge within two hours.
Follow each bottle’s after-opening instructions and bring out only what you expect to serve.
Tesco Groceries describes Tesco Slim Chocolate as a meal replacement for use within an energy-restricted diet, not as a ready-to-drink flavoured milkshake.
Choose a ready-to-drink format for immediate serving; consider a meal replacement only if its stated purpose and directions match what you intend to use.
The Tesco Slim powder also requires skimmed milk and time to prepare it as directed.
These examples illustrate different drink formats; nutrition and storage instructions should be checked for the exact product and flavour.
A ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake for comparing fat and protein figures with conventional flavoured milkshakes.
A UHT dairy protein-shake option whose unopened and opened storage directions differ.
A conventional flavoured milkshake to compare with protein-shake formats.
A flavoured milkshake range to assess by individual variant.
A meal-replacement range rather than a direct substitute for a bottled BBQ milkshake.
This yoghurt-drink option comes in individual bottles for serving at a BBQ. Check its current nutrition panel and storage directions against your plans before taking it outdoors.
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The three 220 ml bottles offer individual portions for serving. This is an avocado, kale and chia seed yoghurt drink rather than a conventional flavoured milkshake; check the pack’s fat figure per 100 ml and its unopened and after-opening storage directions before planning warm-weather transport.
Compare the fat figure per 100 ml on the exact flavour’s nutrition panel. Check sugars, protein and energy separately: the fat description does not tell you their values.
Follow the particular bottle’s unopened storage directions rather than assuming all UHT shakes have identical instructions. Tesco Groceries says the Arla Protein Strawberry and Raspberry product can be stored in a cool, dry place before opening, but must be refrigerated afterwards. For dairy products normally kept chilled, the Food Standards Agency advises a cool box or bag with ice or frozen gel packs.
No. Tesco Groceries lists milk in both the lactose-free Arla Protein and For Goodness Shakes examples. If you need to avoid milk, check the product’s ingredients and allergen declaration.
No. Tesco Groceries describes Tesco Slim Chocolate as a meal replacement intended for use within an energy-restricted diet and made with skimmed milk as directed. A ready-to-drink milkshake is the more straightforward format when you simply want to serve a bottled drink.