The importance of milk, presumably needless to say, everyone knows.
It is also because of nutritional needs that many parents will buy their children a variety of dairy products, including yogurt.
And there are also a variety of yogurts on the market, what probiotics, with fruit grains, and even children's yogurt specially provided for children.
But the question is, have you ever thought about it? The yogurt you give your child to drink may sometimes not be real yogurt.
Lactic acid bacteria drink, neither milk nor yogurt
It should be known that yogurt is made by sterilizing and disinfecting fresh milk, and then fermenting with lactic acid bacteria, yogurt retains the nutrients of fresh milk and produces a variety of vitamins during fermentation.
Lactic acid bacteria drink is a milk-containing beverage, made from fresh milk and dairy products and then fermented with lactic acid bacteria, and added sugar, sweeteners and juices.
Therefore, the so-called yogurt drink, or lactic acid bacteria drink, can only be regarded as a drink, and can not be used as a real yogurt.
Not only do such products not provide the nutrients that milk should have, but on the contrary, a large amount of sugar can also endanger the health of children, such as caries and obesity.
Flavored yogurt, it's not necessarily healthy
In fact, in addition to lactic acid bacteria drinks, yogurt drinks, those fruity yogurt, mixed yogurt and other flavored yogurt, it is not recommended to buy for children to drink.
According to the national food safety standards, flavored yogurt is customized in this way----
"Products made of more than 80% raw cattle (sheep) milk or milk powder, adding other raw materials, and adding or without food additives, nutritional enhancers, fruits and vegetables, grains, etc. before or after sterilization and fermentation."
Therefore, this type of yogurt is not only low in protein, but also adds a lot of sugar, inadvertently increasing the child's sugar intake.
Ambient yogurt or refrigerated yogurt, which is better for health?
First, ambient yogurt
The so-called ambient yogurt, in fact, will add nutritious whey protein to the base yogurt, so the total amount of protein is a little higher than ordinary yogurt.
It is a good source of high-quality protein and calcium for the human body, and after professional high-temperature sterilization, the nutritional status has also been improved.
Ambient yogurt will also retain the proteins, vitamins and minerals needed by the human body, but after the ambient yogurt is fermented by lactic acid bacteria, it needs to be high-temperature sterilized again, so it kills the lactic acid bacteria in the yogurt, so the ambient yogurt does not contain active probiotics.
Second, refrigerated yogurt
The most important selling point of refrigerated yogurt is lactic acid bacteria. In addition to supplementing with nutrients such as protein and calcium, it also helps protect the intestines with beneficial bacteria that are beneficial to intestinal health.
Therefore, people with bad stomach can drink some to regulate gastrointestinal problems.
Regarding the preservation of yogurt, it is necessary to put it in the refrigerator (keep it in a refrigerator below 4 degrees Celsius), if the storage conditions are not good, the acidity will continue to increase, the yogurt will become sour, and the taste will not be very good. We also produce bacteria.
If the storage conditions are good, the yogurt will not spoil and the taste will not change.
How to choose a better yogurt for children, we need to pass these 4 points:
1. Protein content
According to international requirements, the protein milk content of fermented milk needs to be 2.9g per 100g ≥, while the protein content of flavored fermented milk is 2.3g per 100g ≥.
According to this standard, it cannot be called yogurt, at most it is only a milk drink, and the nutritional difference between the two is quite large.
2. Ingredient list
Preferential selection of simple fermented milk or yogurt in the ingredient list, generally it is best to be "raw milk (powder) + fermented bacteria", and some products will also add whey protein powder to increase protein content.
If it is found that too much free sugar, flavor, etc. is added, the overall nutritional effect is greatly reduced.
3. Sugar content
Due to the increase in free sugar intake, which will increase the incidence of caries, obesity and other chronic diseases, according to WHO recommendations, the daily intake of free sugar should not exceed 5 g, and it is best to control it at about 25 g.
Therefore, when choosing yogurt, it is necessary to see the list of food nutrients, and it is best to avoid drinking too much for yogurt with a large sugar content.
It is worth mentioning that some yogurts, although they are said to create "zero sucrose", will add fructose syrup, jam, honey or juice, etc., and also hide some free sugar, so choose unsweetened or sugar-free yogurt as much as possible.
Of course, unsweetened yogurt has a characteristic----- very sour!