Last week, Stupid Dad published the article "Children's Cheese Review Pre-Part: Choose Cheese for Your Baby, Master These Principles and Methods, You Can't Be Wrong".
In simple terms, choose cheese for your baby, look for two major categories of cheese and reconstituted cheese. Among them, the nutritional value of cheese is generally better than that of refined cheese, and it is recommended for babies over 1 year old to eat, but some babies do not necessarily like the taste. The taste of re-made cheese is more acceptable, but most of them add sugar, food additives, etc., and it is more recommended that babies over 3 years old choose the best food.
After learning about cheese and how to choose it, we will move on to the specific cheese product review.
In this issue, let's start by reviewing cheese. Stupid Dad selected 39 commercially available cheese products, first comparing the nutrition facts list and the ingredient list to see who might be more worthy of the choice.
(P.S. Reviews of the remastered cheese are ongoing and are coming soon, so stay tuned!) ）
Routine instructions
This cheese review is a neutral position, and Stupid Dad does not accept ads and sponsorships that try to affect the objectivity and fairness of the evaluation results.
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39 reviewed products
Calcium, sodium, calcium and sodium ratio: 5 models performed better, 7 models performed poorly
Protein, fat: 13 models are not ideal
Ingredient list: 21 models are not suitable for small babies
Preliminary selection: These cheeses perform better overall
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According to the sales volume of the e-commerce platform, brand awareness, fan messages and other factors, Stupid Dad chose 39 cheese products as the evaluation object of this issue, involving cheese brands including: Zhuode, Lemmy, Aishi Chenxi, Little Baylor, Ruimu, Dr. Cheese, Oudenburg, Miaoke Lando, President, Herun, Emeray, Duomeixian, Baijia, Jin Kelly, Grant, Crystal Farm, Nanyang.
The packaging chart, origin and price information of the 39 cheeses are as follows:
The following points should be explained about the evaluated product:
1. The 39 cheese products evaluated in this issue are all cheese, that is, cheese made of pasteurized milk or raw cow's milk/cow's milk as raw materials, added rennet and/or fermented bacteria and edible salt, and added or not added other food raw materials.
2. The main origins of 39 types of cheese are: Europe (Germany/Switzerland/France/Netherlands/Denmark/Ireland), the United States, Australia, China and South Korea, as shown in the figure above.
3, 39 types of cheese can be divided into: Emmental (Emmental / Emmental), Mozzarella, Gundam, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Kinvin, Brie, Parmesan and so on.
Different types of cheese, the form, hardness, taste are not the same, but the mothers do not need to deliberately remember the characteristics of each cheese, daily purchase of direct comparison of nutrient composition list and ingredient list can be.
4, there are some smeared cheese, cream cheese and other products on the market, usually added cream, cream, cream, etc., high fat content, protein and calcium content is low, not recommended for babies to eat, so this kind of "cream cheese" was not selected for this issue of the review.
There are also some cheeses that add chili peppers, pepper, garlic and other raw materials, the taste is heavier, and it is not recommended for babies to eat, and it is also not included in this issue.
Below, officially enter the evaluation process.
Stupid Dad briefly introduced in the "Children's Cheese Review (Part 1)" that the criteria for judging a high-quality cheese are: high calcium, low sodium, high protein, low fat, and the ingredient list is simple and pure. So next, we will evaluate 39 cheeses according to this standard, starting from the nutrition facts list and ingredient list.
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Many mothers buy cheese for their babies to eat, mainly for calcium supplementation. Therefore, high calcium is an important indicator to pay attention to when choosing cheese.
In addition, most cheese needs to be salted during the production process to inhibit bacteria and preserves and improve flavor, but we don't want our baby to consume too much salt. Therefore, while pursuing high calcium, we should also pay attention to the sodium content of cheese, and choose the lower the sodium content, the better.
In order to more directly understand and compare the calcium and sodium content of cheese, we can introduce the concept of "calcium-to-sodium ratio", that is, calcium content ÷ sodium content. The higher the calcium-sodium ratio, the more calcium can be ingested while consuming the same amount of sodium.
Here are two cheeses as an example:
The calcium-to-sodium ratio of cheese 1 is 600÷360≈1.67, which means that for every 1 mg of sodium ingested in this cheese, it can consume about 1.67 mg of calcium.
The calcium-to-sodium ratio of Cheese 2 is 650÷700≈0.93, which means that for every 1 mg of sodium ingested in this cheese, it can consume about 0.93 mg of calcium.
It can be seen that the higher the calcium-sodium ratio of cheese, the better. Usually we want this ratio to be at least greater than 1 to ensure that more calcium is ingested than sodium.
Below, we will take a look at the calcium, sodium and calcium-to-sodium ratios of 39 types of cheese.
brief summary:
1. Calcium content
Of the 39 cheeses, 8 were not labeled with calcium content and could not be included in the comparison. The calcium content of the other 31 cheeses ranged from 500-1206 mg/100 g, with an average of 758 mg/100 g.
Dr. Cheese Small Round Cheese Fat Reduced Sugar Free Cheese, Crystal Farm Parmesan Cheese Crumble, Le mérié Swiss Macon Cheese, Rime emmanta Cheese, Zhorde Emmental Cheese, the top five calcium content, all ≥ 1000mg/100g.
Herun Masula fresh cheese balls, Miaoke Rando cheese fresh cheese sticks, calcium content of less than 600mg/100g, ranking at the bottom.
2. Sodium content
The sodium content of the 39 cheeses ranged from 60-1643 mg/100 g, with a total value of 527 mg/100 g. The highest crystal farm Parmesan cheese crush is 27 times the lowest cheese Dr. Small Round Cheese Low Salt High Calcium Cheese!
There are 7 cheeses with a sodium content of ≥ 700mg/100g (marked red). There are 6 models with a sodium content of ≤ 200mg/100g, which is ideal.
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016 Edition), the appropriate daily intake of sodium for babies aged 1-3 years is 700 mg, and 900 mg for 4-7 years old. Since the baby's daily diet will also add salt after the age of 1, it is recommended to choose a low sodium content as much as possible in the choice of cheese, and do not eat too much at one time.
You can compare the two products with the highest sodium content and the lowest sodium content, (per 100g) as a percentage of daily sodium demand, that is, NRV.
3. Calcium-sodium ratio
Dr. Cheese Small Round Cheese Low Salt High Calcium Cheese, Le méridie Swiss Tarrup, Rime emmanta Cheese, Zhode Emmental Cheese, Remus Macron Cheese Stick, calcium and sodium ratio ranked in the top five. The first place cheese doctor is as high as 15.88, and the other 4 models have a calcium-to-sodium ratio of about 5.
Moreover, the calcium content of these 5 cheeses is > 900mg/100g, and the sodium content is ≤ 200mg/100g, and the comprehensive performance of calcium and sodium is also better.
Crystal Farm Monterey Jack Cheese Block, Belle Original Cheese, Bagnard Children's Cheese Strips, Rimule Plate Grilled Cheese, Crystal Farm Parmesan Cheese Crushed, Calcium and Sodium Ratio ≤1, less than ideal.
The remaining 21 cheeses have a calcium-to-sodium ratio between 1-2.
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Cheese is equivalent to concentrated milk, in addition to calcium, but also rich in protein, is a good source of high-quality protein supplements for babies. Therefore, high protein is also an important indicator.
On the other hand, while cheese concentrates nutrition, its fat content is also much higher than the same amount of milk, in order to avoid the baby's intake of too much fat, it is recommended not to choose cheese products with too high fat content.
(P.S. Carbohydrates are not used as a separate evaluation index in this edition of the review, because the carbohydrate content of cheese is usually very low, and during the production process, most of the carbohydrates in raw milk, lactose, are excreted with whey, and a small part is decomposed during the fermentation process.) ）
Below, the protein and fat content of 39 cheeses:
1. Protein
Among the 39 cheeses, Dr. Cheese Has the highest protein content (35.3g/100g) and the Lowest President's Country Cheese (18g/100g), with a average of 24.9g/100g.
There are 4 cheeses with protein content ≤ 20g/100g (marked red), which is not ideal. There are 4 cheeses with a protein content of ≥ 30g/100g, which is better.
2. Fat
The fat content of the 39 cheeses is between 12.1 and 34.7g/100g, with an average value of 26.5g/100g. BaiJia strong cheddar cheese is the highest, and Dr. Cheese Small Round Cheese is the lowest fat reduction and sugar-free cheese.
There are 9 types of cheese with a fat content of > 30g/100g (marked red), and babies who are fat or consume too much daily fat need to be carefully selected.
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In addition to paying attention to the content of each nutrient on the nutrition facts list, the ingredient list of cheese also needs attention.
The ideal cheese ingredient list should be simple and pure: raw milk (raw milk/milk/pasteurized milk) comes first, plus rennet/fermenter/table salt.
Among them, the first thing to pay attention to is raw milk. For younger babies, cheese made from pasteurized milk is recommended. Compared with raw milk, pasteurized milk has one more sterilization link, so it is safer.
In addition, it should be noted whether mold is added to the fermentation bacteria used in the cheese, such as: whiteland mold, white penicillium, Loudi penicillium and so on. This type of mold starter may have certain safety risks for small babies whose gastrointestinal function has not yet fully developed.
Finally, pay attention to the presence or absence of excess food additives. Although the use of food additives within a reasonable range is non-toxic and harmless, the proportion of nutrients in cheese will be reduced after addition. Therefore, it is more recommended to choose cheese without food additives.
Below, there is a table of ingredients for 39 types of cheese.
1. Among the 39 types of cheese, 12 types of cheese, such as Miaoke Rando, Ai's Morning Dawn, Ruimu, Herun, Nanyang and Xiao Baylor, use raw milk/cow's milk feeding, and the other 27 use pasteurized milk.
2, presidential country cheese, presidential golden cheese, duomei fresh brie cheese, 3 models using mold fermentation agent (white penicillium).
3. Among the 39 cheeses, 11 additional food additives are used, including: preservatives, acidity regulators, thickeners, stabilizers, colorants, etc.
Among them, it should be noted in particular:
(1) β-carotene is both a colorant and a nutritional enhancer, which can be converted into vitamin A in the body. However, the amount of cheese added is relatively limited, and it is difficult to say how much effect it can play.
(2) Starch, potato starch is mainly used for thickening, but also can be digested and absorbed by the human body to produce heat, the carbohydrate content of this type of cheese is higher than that of general cheese.
(3) Potassium chloride belongs to "food additives that can be used in various types of food according to the needs of production" (including infant food), which is added to cheese in order to replace sodium chloride (edible salt) to play a role in bacteriostatic and antiseptic, and at the same time can effectively reduce the sodium content of cheese. However, the potassium content in cheese will also increase. The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that the appropriate daily intake of potassium for babies aged 1-4 and 4-7 years is 900 mg and 1200 mg, respectively.
The Cheese Doctor brand flagship store with potassium chloride added claims that the potassium content of each piece of small round cheese (15g) is about 43.65mg, which is about equal to the potassium content of a small piece of spinach (15g).
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Based on the above analysis, the nutrient content and composition of the following cheeses are relatively good:
1. Dr. Cheese Small round cheese low salt high calcium cheese
Reference price: 159 yuan / 75g *3
Evaluation: Calcium content 953mg/100g, sodium content of only 60mg/100g (potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride), calcium-sodium ratio as high as 15.88, high efficiency calcium supplementation can effectively reduce the intake of sodium salt. High protein, moderate fat content, pasteurized milk feed. Excellent overall performance. But the price is also the most expensive of the 39 cheeses.
It adopts a separate sachet packaging design, a small bag of 15g, very suitable for babies to open the bag and eat. It can also be eaten with fruit or added to food.
2. Le Meridien Swiss large-hole cheese
Reference price: 188 yuan / 200g *2
Evaluation: calcium content 1030mg/100g, sodium content 200mg/100g, calcium-sodium ratio 5.15, high protein, slightly higher fat content, pasteurized milk feeding, no additional additives, nutritional value and composition performance is better.
This is a semi-hard large hole cheese, its melting degree is better, suitable for cutting into the meal to cook, can also be cut into small pieces directly eaten,
3. Zord Emanthal cheese
Reference price: 99 yuan / 200g
Evaluation: calcium content 1000mg/100g, sodium content 200mg/100g, calcium-sodium ratio 5.0, protein content 28g/100g, fat content 28.5g/100g, pasteurized milk feeding, ingredient list is simple and pure, the overall performance is good.
It's also a large-hole cheese that can be eaten directly or added to a meal.
4. Ruimu Large hole cheese stick
Reference price: 279 yuan / 20g * 25
Evaluation: calcium content 920mg/100g, sodium content 200mg/100g, calcium-sodium ratio 4.6, protein content 31g/100g, fat content 29g/100g, pasteurized milk feeding, no ingredients to pay attention to, comprehensive performance is better.
This large-hole cheese stick is 20g each, individually packed, and is suitable for babies to eat directly as a snack bag.
Ruimu also has a cheese product - Ruimu Dakong Cheese (below), which is actually the same product as Ruimu Dakong Cheese Stick, but the shape of the cutting is different, and the nutritional content and composition performance are also better.
This large-hole cheese has been processed into flakes and is suitable for homemade burgers, sandwiches, snacks and more.
The evaluation indicators of the above cheese are excellent, but at the same time the price is also more expensive, the price per 100g is about 50 yuan, and the most expensive one is 70 yuan / 100g.
For the more price-sensitive Mom, you can also consider the following 3 cheese products. The price is about 20 yuan / 100g, the protein content is ideal, the sodium content is controlled lower, the pasteurized milk is fed, the ingredient list is simple and pure, but the calcium content is not indicated, which can be eaten directly and is also suitable for cooking.
Well, that's all there is to the cheese review [Part 1]. The review of the re-made cheese will also be released in the near future, and in addition, stupid dad will also conduct taste evaluation and safety testing on the cheese products with better performance, so stay tuned!
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