But under an outdated 1972 regulation, 2 percent milk, which contains five grams per serving, may still be sold as "low fat."

"I've had guests, and not so nice ones like people who will only drink 2 percent milk," she said.

It is lower in saturated fat, however, and has less than 5 milligrams of cholesterol, compared with 10 in 1 percent milk.

Fortunately, the difference in taste between 1 and 2 percent milk is not significant.

Just as his mother happened upon 2 percent milk, Beilein made an invention out of necessity.

Cornflakes, two percent milk, a strip of bacon, and apple juice for herself.

She says it was 2 percent milk; he says 1 percent.

But now the drink, made solely of 2 percent milk, sugar and cocoa, is here.

It could still contain up to 40 percent milk fat and derive most of its calories from fat.

The milk is palatable enough, although it does not taste exactly like 2 percent milk.