Bosco Chocolate Syrup

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Bosco Chocolate Syrup is a brand of chocolate syrup first produced in 1928. The company which produces it is based in New Jersey, and it is sold throughout the United States, Western Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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[edit] Production process

Bulk materials are added via automatic measuring devices into stainless steel cooking vats. Minor ingredients and flavorings are blended into the batch separately, through a custom blender device, following product handling and quality assurance codes.

While in the vats, Bosco is pasteurized for product uniformity and then cooled for bottling. Computers measure and monitor the product temperatures. Malt extract is added, which combined with Bosco cocoa powder yields the distinctive Bosco taste.

Bosco was once packaged in glass jars, but is now sold in plastic squeeze bottles.

[edit] In popular culture

Bosco Chocolate Syrup drizzled on Karl Hardman for a bloody special effect in Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Bosco Chocolate Syrup drizzled on Karl Hardman for a bloody special effect in Night of the Living Dead (1968).
  • Alfred Hitchcock famously used Bosco Chocolate Syrup as fake blood in the shower scene in his black and white masterpiece Psycho (1960).[1] This same technique was reportedly used in other black and white horror films, including Night of the Living Dead (1968).
  • In the supermarket sweeps contest episode of the TV sitcom Laverne & Shirley, Lenny and Squiggy yell from the sidelines to bring them Bosco.
  • Bosco was a central plot element in the TV sitcom Seinfeld episode "The Secret Code". The title of the episode refers to the fact that George uses the word Bosco as the secret code for his ATM card, because it is his favorite drink. In another episode, "The Baby Shower", George swears revenge on an ex-girlfriend who once spilled Bosco on his favorite shirt.
  • Vik Muniz, a modern artist, is famous for recreating well-known works of art, such as The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci entirely in Bosco Chocolate Syrup.[2] A Bosco portrait by Muniz sold for $110,000 in 2007.[3] [4]
  • In "Dear Mildred", an episode of the TV series M*A*S*H, Radar O'Reilly compares his first days with Colonel Potter to visiting summers with his prim-and-proper aunt; "You can't dunk your zwieback in your Bosco."
  • In the late 1990s on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, a segment entitled "Real Product Names" showed Bosco's "real" name: "College Student Kinky Sex Enhancer".
  • In the movie The Pallbearer (1996), Bosco is featured when David Schwimmer's character sips Bosco chocolate milk in bed.
  • The TV series American Dreams featured the family singing the "I Love Bosco" song.
  • Food Network's Unwrapped TV series (2001) "Ice Cream Toppings Unwrapped" featured a factory tour of Bosco & Sea Breeze Syrups.
  • Food Network's Secret Life of Chocolate (2004) showed the history of how Bosco was used as the blood in all the Hitchcock movies.
  • The animated feature film Shrek 2 (2004) uses the "I Love Bosco" song in its soundtrack.
  • In History Channel's Modern Marvels (2007), Bosco is featured in an episode entitled "Chocolate".
  • Steven Wright makes a reference to Bosco on his 1985 album 'I Have A Pony.' He says he got fired from a health store for 'eating cotton candy and drinking straight Bosco on the job.'

[edit] References

  1. ^ Seckel, Alan. In Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali & the Artists of Optical Illusion. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. p. 200. ISBN 1402705778. Google Books. Retrieved May 23, 2006.
  2. ^ Goldberg, Vicki. "It's a Leonardo? It's a Corot? Well, No, It's Chocolate Syrup". The New York Times. 25 September 1988.
  3. ^ His & Hers Double Portrait in Chocolate
  4. ^ "Just in time for the holidays, a $110,000 syrupy portrait", USA Today, 2007.

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