Vi-Co was a brand of chocolate milk manufactured by the company Dairy Producers. When Dairy Producers were bought out by Dairyland

Dairyland Canada

Dairyland was a company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and is now owned by Saputo Dairy Foods Canada. Its products are sold across Canada. Dairyland became Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd. following the sale of the majority of its assets to Saputo Incorporated.Dairyworld Foods, a...

 in 1995, the Vi-Co line was abolished. It was only available in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and a few parts of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

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The term 'Vi-Co' is still occasionally used today in Saskatchewan as a slang term for any chocolate milk. It is a notable regional attribute for the province of Saskatchewan and is frequently cited as a defining feature of the province's folk history.

In the mid-90's a punk band called Vico performed regularly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Two of the members of the band were originally from Humboldt, Saskatchewan.

External links

• Vi-Co A Milk by any other name