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Are you sure you're drinking "real" yogurt?
It is said that drinking yogurt is conducive to health, because yogurt products need to be fermented with "milk + fermentation bacteria", it is not easy to produce lactose intolerance after drinking, nutrients are more easily digested and absorbed by the human gastrointestinal tract, and yogurt containing active probiotics can adjust the balance of intestinal flora, so it is favored by the majority of consumers. However, there are many yogurt products on the market, and there are many categories, are you sure you are drinking "real" yogurt?
(The "yogurt" expressed in this article refers to the yogurt and flavored yogurt in the "National Standard fermented milk for food safety" GB19032-2010.) ）
The difference between yogurt and yogurt drinks
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Knock on the blackboard and draw the point: yogurt ≠ yogurt drink
Yogurt belongs to fermented milk, according to the "National Standard for Food Safety Fermented Milk" GB19032-2010 definition: "yogurt yoghurt: raw raw materials from raw cattle (sheep) milk or milk powder, sterilized, inoculated with Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Lactobacillus dei Bulgarian subspecies) fermentation made." ”
The protein content of yogurt must be no less than 2.9 g/100 g.
"Flavored yogurt flavored yoghurt: products made of more than 80% raw cattle (sheep) milk or milk powder, added with other raw materials, and made by sterilization and inoculation of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Lactobacillus dei Bulgarian subspecies) before or after fermentation with or without food additives, nutritional enhancers, fruits and vegetables, grains, etc."
The protein content of flavored yogurt must be no less than 2.3 g/100 g.
Yogurt drinks are milk-containing beverages, as defined in Milk-containing Beverages (GB/T21732-2008):
The standard also requires that the protein of yogurt drinks must not be less than 1 gram/100 grams.
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How to choose yogurt by identifying labels
1 Look at the product name - yogurt, fermented milk, etc
If the trade name is "yogurt", "flavored yogurt", "fermented milk", "flavored fermented milk" and other names, it generally refers to products made from fermentation with raw cattle (sheep) milk or milk powder as raw materials, and if it is "sour milk", "lactic acid bacteria drink", "yogurt drink", etc., it is often not real yogurt.
2 Look at the product category - fermented milk, flavored fermented milk
If you can't get the name right, take a look at "Product Type". The product type is "fermented milk" and "flavored fermented milk" is the dairy product that can be selected.
3 Look at the ingredient list - the first place is milk
The first place in the yogurt ingredient list should be milk.
If the first place in the ingredient list is not milk but water or other, most of such products are not real yogurt but yogurt drinks or lactic acid bacteria drinks, except for yogurt made of restored milk as ingredients (restored milk needs to be reduced with water, and the first two must be water and milk powder).
4 Look at the protein content in the nutrition facts table - more than 2.3%
China's food safety standards require that the protein content of yogurt ≥ 2.9%, and the flavored yogurt ≥ 2.3%. Below this standard may be a drink.
Tips for drinking yogurt
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1 The best time to drink yogurt is 2 hours after meals, because the PH value of gastric juice rises after meals, this environment is very suitable for the growth of lactic acid bacteria, which can give full play to the nutrition of yogurt.
2 do not drink yogurt on an empty stomach, the PH value suitable for the growth of lactic acid bacteria is less than 5.4, and the PH value of human gastric juice acidity is below 2 when fasting, and lactic acid bacteria are easily killed by stomach acid, and the nutritional value will be greatly reduced.
3 When purchasing, carefully look at the content of protein, carbohydrates and sugar in the nutrition facts list. Choose products with high protein content, and give priority to products with low carbohydrate (sugar) content under the premise of ensuring that the protein content is high enough.
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Customs supervises legally imported yogurt through multiple inspection and quarantine measures, including the assessment of the food safety management system of the exporting country (region), the registration of overseas production enterprises, the filing of overseas exporters and domestic importers, the provision of official certificates and product testing reports of the country of origin at the time of import, and the inspection and quarantine of customs inspection and quarantine at the time of entry, etc., to fully protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and ensure the import of food safety!
Contributed by/ Guangzhou Customs (Some images from the Internet)
Audit / Import and Export Food Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs
Source: Customs Release