Is the end of sales of "sento specialty" fruit milk an unprecedented boom in North Korea? Some voices point out that the number of diabetic patients is increasing ...

To symbolize the end of Heisei, the bottled fruit milk "Meiji Fruit" (180ml), which was a staple in public baths, will be discontinued on April 1st. On the other hand, in North Korea, where the US-North Korea summit broke down and showed disturbing movements, it is said that an unprecedented fruit milk boom is occurring among the common people. Looking at the catalog exclusively obtained this time, it became clear that there is a wide variety of product lineups. The epidemic of fruit milk has begun in North Korea in the last 1-2 years. A private researcher said, "Originally, in North Korea, drinking soymilk was encouraged. General Secretary Kim Jong Il disseminated soymilk at the national level because it was good for the growth of children, and soymilk cars ran around. "Tells history. Instead of Mr. Masaon, intensive investment has been made in food factories. Soon, value-added processed milk was released one after another, and it is said that today's fruit milk boom was ignited. The catalog obtained this time is for fruit milk manufactured by the "5.1 Comprehensive Processing Factory", which is related to a large business entity that manages and operates the huge stadium "Mayday Stadium" where you can play mass games, athletics, and soccer in Pyongyang. many. There are two types in containers such as PET bottles and vacuum packs, both of which have the letters "yogurt" in their product names and look like so-called drinking yogurt. However, according to a visitor who has drank it, "it was more like fruit milk than yogurt." The taste was mixed with fruits such as strawberries, apples, peaches, jujubes, grapes and bananas, as well as unimaginable tastes such as "nutrition", "calcium" and "vitamins". Speaking of fruit milk in Japan, one after a bath is standard, but there are no hot springs or public baths in the north, and even if there is an old sauna, it seems that no one drinks fruit milk to relax after a bath. "Clearly for children. It's an old world where there were wandering children, and parents are enthusiastic about how to raise their children in good health and flesh," said the researcher. Therefore, flavors such as "nutrition," "calcium," and "vitamin" have appeared. Children appear to be drinking sweet, lukewarm fruit milk on a daily basis. Diabetes, which had few patients in the north and was not well known, will soon become a problem !?

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