Last month, Stupid Dad released a review of cheese and remastered cheese [Part 1], which conducted a detailed comparative analysis of 82 best-selling cheese products on the market, starting from the nutrition facts table and ingredient list:
(1) 39 children's cheese review (Part 1): How to choose a natural and nutritious cheese? These are not recommended
(2) 43 Children's Remade Cheese Review (Part 1): These cheese sticks (cups) are not suitable for snacking for babies
After the preliminary selection of [Part I], a total of 13 product ingredients performed better and entered the [Next] review, including: Dr. Cheese, Lemmy, Zhuode, Ruimu, Grant, Jin Kelly, Tomei, Aishi Chenxi, Enzebao, Miaokelando, Bageford and other 7 cheeses and 6 refined cheeses.
In this issue [Next], Stupid Dad will carry out a tasting review and third-party laboratory testing. Come and taste their taste, check the specific nutritional indicators, and safety indicators. See which one is more worth choosing.
Routine Statement: This cheese review is a neutral position, and Stupid Dad does not accept advertising and sponsorship that attempts to affect the objectivity and impartiality of the evaluation results.
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1. Evaluate samples
2. Taste and evaluate
Grant, Tomei, and Enzebo performed slightly less
3. Third-party laboratory testing
The calcium and sodium ratio of Ai's morning dawn is low, and the content of bagelford sucrose is slightly higher
4. Comprehensive recommendation
cheese:
(1) Dr. Cheese Small Round Cheese Low Salt High Calcium Cheese
(2) Ruimu large hole cheese stick
Reconstituted cheese:
(1) Dr. Cheese A2 Platinum Cheese Stick
(2) Ai's Morning Dawn Growth Cup (banana flavor)
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The sample information and sample figures of 7 cheeses and 6 reproduced cheeses reviewed in this issue are as follows:
(Samples of 7 cheeses)
(Samples of 6 models of remade cheese)
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Salty, bitter, sour, sweet, dry, soft, Q-bullet, smooth... There is a clear difference in the taste of cheese and refined cheese, and the taste of different brands of cheese is also different.
So, will the taste of the 13 cheeses in this issue be loved by babies? Is it suitable for eating as a daily snack? To this end, stupid dad conducted a tasting experience.
(P.S. Personal preferences for taste may be different, so the tasting results have a certain degree of subjectivity, only for the reference of mothers)
brief summary:
1. Taste of 7 types of cheese
The overall taste of the 7 cheeses is mainly salty and bitter, and the salty and bitter taste is mostly strong, so that it covers the milk taste of the raw materials and cannot taste sweet. It is salty and bitter because salt is added to the fermentation process of cheese.
The taste of instant food is like an old boiled egg yolk, which is not soft enough and somewhat dry.
In comparison, dr. cheese taste is relatively soft, the salty taste is not very strong, the bitter taste is also acceptable slightly bitter, the taste is a little softer than the other models, and the overall performance of the taste is relatively good.
The salty and bitter taste of Ruimu and Zhuode is moderate, and the instant food is also more acceptable.
Kim Kelly chewed slightly harder, Amy had a distinctive stench, Grant's bitterness was heavier, and it was more delicious and salty.
If your baby is not accustomed to the taste of instant cheese, you can heat and melt it, spread it on bread, biscuits, or add it to the meal to cook together to make stew, baked noodles, scones, etc. After heating the melted cheese, the salty and bitter taste will become much lighter, and it can also increase the milk aroma of the meal and enrich the taste, and the baby will prefer to eat it.
(heated cheese)
2. Flavor of 6 types of remade cheese
Compared with cheese, the taste of the 6 types of remade cheese will be more delicious, mainly sweet or milky, basically no salty, bitter, and the texture is softer and smoother. This is because emulsifiers, sugar, jam, etc. are added to the remade cheese.
However, there are some differences between the 6 reconstituted cheeses:
Dr. Cheese A2 Cheese Stick is not very sweet, the milk flavor is strong, and the taste is soft and smooth.
The milk flavor of the Enzebao cheese stick is not obvious, the fruit flavor is stronger but less natural, some are sweet, the texture is thinner, and it is more smooth to eat.
The sweetness and milk taste of the Ai's Morning Dawn cheese strips are relatively weak, and you can taste a little strawberry flavor, and the taste is slightly viscous.
Ai's morning dawn long cup has a strong banana flavor in the mouth, the sweet taste is more natural, the milk taste is lighter, and the taste is soft and smooth.
The blueberry flavor of the Myoko Lando long cup is strong, the milk flavor is not obvious, and it is also a melting taste in the mouth, but it is a little astringent.
The milk flavor of the Bagelph growth cup is stronger, and the sweetness is more naturally hidden in the milk flavor, which is soft and smooth, just like eating cream ice cream.
3. Packaging design
Among the 7 cheeses, Dr. Cheese and Ruimu designed a small independent package of 15g/20g, which is convenient for the baby to tear it off by himself, and the amount of one serving is also suitable for the baby to eat as a daily snack.
The other 5 models are about 200g of large-size packaging, after opening, you need to cut into small pieces and then give the baby to eat, the rest need to be wrapped in plastic wrap or tin foil for refrigeration storage. Relatively speaking, this large-sized design is more suitable for cooking.
Among the 6 types of remade cheese, there are 2 cheese sticks, 1 cheese strip, and 3 cheese cups, all of which are independent small packages of about 20g, which are torn open and eaten, and it is more convenient to eat as a snack.
Among them, enzebao cheese sticks have dropped many times during the evaluation process.
Ai's morning cheese strips are long and not equipped with tools, so they are not easy to hold and eat.
In addition, the packaging of 6 re-made cheese is somewhat tight, and adults also have to work hard to tear it open, and smaller babies can't tear it themselves. In this way, if the baby wants to eat cheese sticks/cups/bars, it needs to be approved and helped by the mother, which can effectively control the baby's snack intake and avoid eating too much at one time.
(The 3-year-old was trying to tear open the cheese stick but was unsuccessful)
4. Tasting and evaluation summary
Among the 7 types of cheese, Dr. Cheese Small Round Cheese Low Salt and High Calcium Cheese, Ruimu Large Hole Cheese Stick, Andrde Emmental Cheese, the comprehensive performance of the taste is relatively good, and the acceptance of instant food is higher.
Cheese is somewhat salty and bitter, and if your baby is not used to eating it, you can heat it and melt it before eating it, or add it to the meal to cook together.
The tastes of the 6 types of remade cheese vary, some are mainly milky, some are fruity, some are soft and sticky, and some melt in the mouth. Different babies have different taste preferences, and it is difficult to say which one is more delicious.
However, the comprehensive taste and packaging design of Enzebao's true sesame stick (fruit flavor) are slightly inferior to the other models.
Based on the comprehensive tasting experience and the nutritional composition analysis of [Part I], Stupid Dad eliminated enzeba sticks (fruit flavor), Grant Emmental cheese, and Tomei Swiss large hole cheese in this round, and 10 other cheeses (5 cheeses, 5 remade cheeses) entered the last round of third-party laboratory testing.
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The indicators of laboratory testing include: (1) the main nutritional indicators (protein/calcium/sodium) (2) the total sugar (for the reconstituted cheese) (3) the safety indicators (coliform bacteria/total number of colonies), all of which are tested by third-party professional testing institutions.
Main nutritional indicators
Protein, calcium and sodium are the nutritional indicators that we pay attention to when purchasing cheese, and high-quality cheese should be "high protein, high calcium and low sodium". Let's take a look at the test performance of 10 products:
1. Protein
The measured protein content of 1 and 5 cheeses is between 26.6-28.1g/100g, and the difference is not large.
The measured protein content of 2 and 5 types of reconstituted cheese is between 6.75-16.5g/100g, and the gap between the gap is relatively large, and the gap between cheese and cheese is also relatively large. Sorted from highest to lowest: Ace 's Morning Dawn (Cheese Bar) > Dr. Cheese>'s Morning Dawn (Cheese Cup) > Baguif > MyokoLando.
3. The measured protein values of 10 cheeses exceed 80% of the nominal value, which meets the requirements of the national standard.
(GB 28050-2011 National Standard for Food Safety General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods)
2. Calcium, sodium
1. Calcium
The measured calcium content of the five cheeses ranged from 960-1200mg/100g, sorted from high to low: Kim Kelly> Emmy > Ruimu, Zhuode > Dr. Cheese.
The measured values of calcium exceed 80% of the nominal value, which meets the requirements of the national standard, and the error is not large, within 6%.
The measured calcium content of the 5 types of reconstituted cheese is between 430-770mg/100g, which is lower than the calcium content of the 5 cheeses, and the order from high to low is: Aishi Chenxi (cheese cup) > Cheese Doctor > Baguifu > Aishi Chenxi (cheese strips) > Miaokelando.
The measured values of calcium exceed 80% of the nominal value, which meets the requirements of the national standard, and the error is within 7%, which is also well controlled.
2. Sodium
The measured sodium content of the five cheeses was between 61-432mg/100g, with Dr. Cheese being the lowest and Jin Kelly being the highest.
The measured value of sodium accounts for the proportion of nominal value in line with the national standard, and the error is within 10%.
The measured sodium content of the 5 types of remade cheese is between 274-495mg/100g, with Miaoke Lando being the lowest and Aishi Morning Dawn (cheese strip) being the highest.
The measured value of sodium to the nominal value of the proportion is in line with the national standard, of which the measured value error of Ai's Morning Dawn (cheese strip) is slightly larger (114.85%).
3. Calcium-sodium ratio
The calcium-sodium ratio, that is, the calcium content ÷ the sodium content, usually we want this ratio to be at least greater than 1 and the higher the better, so as to ensure that more calcium can be consumed at the same time as sodium.
Among the 5 cheeses, Dr. Cheese has the highest actual calcium-to-sodium ratio (15.74), Kinkelly has the lowest (2.78), and the other 3 models have the highest actual calcium-to-sodium ratio of about 5.
Among the 5 types of remade cheese, Dr. Cheese has the highest actual calcium-to-sodium ratio (1.99), Ai's Morning Dawn (cheese strips) has the lowest (0.93), less than 1 is not ideal, and the actual calcium-sodium ratio of the other 3 models is about 1.6.
Total sugar
Compared with cheese, re-made cheese usually adds extra sugar, jam, juice, etc. to eliminate salty and bitter taste. The main components of these added sugars - sucrose, fructose, etc., are free sugars, and excessive intake may bring obesity, caries, sweetness and other problems. Therefore, the less free sugar in the reconstituted cheese should be.
Commercially available re-made cheese generally includes only carbohydrates on the packaging, which includes both unhealthy free sugars and beneficial sugars such as lactose and dietary fiber. Therefore, moms can't see the nutritional composition list to know the actual amount of free sugar added.
To this end, this round of laboratories tested the total sugar content of 5 types of refined cheese, including fructose, maltose, glucose, lactose, and sucrose. The test results are as follows:
1. The total sugar content of 1 and 5 types of reconstituted cheese is between 2.6-13.4g/100g, with The highest Bagelfu and the lowest Aishi Chenxi (cheese strips).
2, 5 models of reconstituted cheese ingredient list are marked with white sugar / jam and other added sugar, from the test results, because fructose, maltose, glucose have not been detected (below the detection limit), so the free sugar in these remastered cheese is basically sucrose.
The highest measured content of sucrose is Bagelford (11.4g/100g), the lowest is Ai's Morning Sun (cheese strips) (1.1g/100g), and the other 3 types of sucrose measured between 8-9g/100g.
3. In the Guidelines for Sugar Intake for Adults and Children issued by WHO in 2015, it is strongly recommended that the free sugar intake of adults and children be reduced to less than 10% of the total energy intake. If possible, free sugar intake should be reduced to less than 5% of total energy intake.
According to calculations, the daily limit intake of free sugars for babies aged 4-7 years is shown in the table below:
Based on eating 2 per day, the Bageford Growth Cheese Cup (original) will consume 5.7g of sucrose per day, The MyokoLando Children's Growth Cheese (Blueberry Flavor) will consume 4.35g of sucrose, and the remaining 3 models will have a daily sucrose intake of 3.818g, 3.56g and 0.396g, respectively.
Compared with WHO's stricter free sugar limit (5% < energy), eating 2 bagelfu intake of free sugars accounted for about 34% of the daily limit, slightly higher. The other 4 models have free sugar intakes of less than 28% of the daily limit, and the strawberry flavored remastered cheese strips are ideal.
Stupid dads recommend that babies over 3 years old eat no more than one cheese stick a day.
4, 5 kinds of remade cheese were detected with lactose, the actual measured value is between 0.96-3.8g/100g, lactose is mainly derived from additional whey powder, milk powder and other dairy products.
Security metrics
With reference to the current national standard and the new national standard for cheese, the current national standard for remade cheese and the new national standard for comments, this round of safety tests are carried out for the coliform bacteria of cheese, the total number of colonies of refined cheese and coliform bacteria.
The safety test results of 5 types of cheese and 5 types of reconstituted cheese are as follows:
1. The coliform bacteria test results of 5 types of cheese and 5 types of reconstituted cheese have reached the standard.
The total number of colonies of 2 and 5 types of reconstituted cheese was tested, and all of them met the standards.
It is necessary to remind everyone that the storage temperature of cheese is generally required to be 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, pay attention to storage, and eat it in time after opening, otherwise it will be easy to deteriorate.
Summary of third-party laboratory testing:
The measured content of protein, calcium and sodium of 10 cheeses is within the range allowed by the national standard compared with the nominal content. Among them, the actual calcium-sodium ratio of Ai's morning sun (cheese strips) is less than 1, which is not ideal.
2 and 5 types of remade cheese were detected with free sugar, of which the amount of free sugar added by Bageford was slightly higher.
3. The safety indicators of 10 cheeses have all passed the customs.
(P.S. The original text of the test report, please enter the keyword "brand name + test report" in the background of the WeChat public account to view, such as "Dr. Cheese test report" and "Ai's Morning Dawn test report")
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Based on the ingredient analysis of [Part I], as well as the tasting evaluation and third-party laboratory testing of [Part II], the following 4 cheeses (2 cheeses, 2 remade cheeses) became the final recommended products of Stupid Dad.
1. Dr. Cheese Small round cheese low salt high calcium cheese (cottage cheese)
Reference price: 44.8 yuan / 15g *5
appraise:
Protein measured content of 26.6g / 100g, calcium measured content of 960mg / 100g, sodium measured content is the lowest, only 61mg / 100g, calcium and sodium ratio as high as 15.74, overall, high protein, high calcium, low sodium, nutritional indicators are ideal.
Safety is no problem; the taste is relatively soft, the acceptance of instant food is higher, 15g is independently packaged, and it is more convenient for babies to eat as a snack. If your baby doesn't accept the taste, eat it with fruit or use it for cooking.
2、Ruimu Large hole cheese stick (cheese)
Reference price: 279 yuan / 20g * 25
The measured content of protein is 27.8g/100g, the measured content of calcium is 970mg/100g, the measured content of sodium is 191mg/100g, the ratio of calcium to sodium is 5.08, and the comprehensive nutritional performance is better; the safety is passed; the taste acceptance of instant food is higher, and the 20g is independently packaged, which is convenient for babies to eat as snacks. If your baby doesn't accept the taste, use it for cooking.
3、 Dr. Cheese A2 Platinum Cheese Stick (Remastered Cheese)
Reference price: 39 yuan / 20g *5
The measured content of protein is 8.79g/100g, the measured content of calcium is 600mg/100g, the measured content of sodium is 302mg/100g, the ratio of calcium to sodium is 1.99, and the nutritional performance is better in the refined cheese; the safety is passed; the milk flavor is fragrant, the taste is soft and sticky, and the sucrose content per 100g is 8.9g, which is relatively low, one stick per day, without worrying about excessive intake of free sugar.
4. Ai's Morning Dawn Growth Cup (Banana Flavor)
Reference price: 15.9 yuan / 23g *4
Protein measured content of 7.85g / 100g, calcium measured content of 770mg / 100g, sodium measured content of 475mg / 100g, calcium and sodium ratio of 1.62, overall, high protein, high calcium, but also a little high sodium; safety is no problem; banana flavor is strong, the taste is soft and melted in the mouth, each 100g contains sucrose 8.3g, sugar content is relatively low.
Special Notice:
Test samples are random independent purchase, different batches of product testing data may fluctuate, the test results are only responsible for the batch of products sent for inspection, but stupid dad believes that responsible enterprise product quality should be as stable as possible.
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