In recent years, intestinal diseases such as diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal colds often occur. According to the "White Paper on Intestinal Health of Chinese Infants and Young Children", 84.2% of mothers said that their babies have experienced intestinal problems, and nearly 30% of them often suffer from intestinal problems. For such a baby, how should you choose milk powder? Today, the Milk Powder Think Tank Evaluation Center will focus on this and evaluate 8 well-known milk powders for everyone!
Intestinal digestive system and immune system
Closely related and complementary
Before we begin the review, we need to know one important piece of information: What is the relationship between the gut digestive system and the immune system?
As we all know, the large area and high efficiency of the human intestine are designed to effectively perform digestion and absorption: there are countless villi and micro villi inside the small intestine, and the total surface area reaches 300 square meters, which is equivalent to the size of a football field. At the same time, the surface of the intestine is covered with a mucous membrane composed of monolayer epithelial cells, under which is a dense microvessel and chylonychyle system. Food is digested and decomposed, absorbed through the mucous membrane, and then quickly entered the circulatory system by microvascular and chylocarus.
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In addition, the intestine is also an immune organ: the largest population of immune cells in the human body exists in the mucous membranes of the intestine. Data show that 70% to 80% of the body's immune cells (such as macrophages, T cells, nk cells, b cells, etc.) are distributed in intestinal-related lymphoid tissues, and more than 70% of immunoglobulin a is manufactured by the intestine.
The intestine is not only the main digestive organ of the human body, but also an important immune organ of the human body, which plays a dual role in human physiology: digesting and absorbing nutrients in food and maintaining immune balance. The reason why babies are more likely to have intestinal problems is because the intestinal development of infants and young children is not perfect, which is why parents pay more attention to the baby's immunity and digestion and absorption of nutrients.
In order to more accurately solve the problem of mothers choosing milk powder, milk powder think tank selected 8 milk powders, focusing on digestion and absorption and immunity-related nutrients, focusing on in-depth evaluation from the two dimensions of milk powder raw materials and nutritional formulas.
Evaluation Notes:
This evaluation is organized by the milk powder think tank evaluation center, does not involve sensory evaluation, participate in the evaluation of products to 3 paragraphs as an example, the following are omitted segments. Infant formula milk powder refers to China's current implementation of the national standard gb10767-2010 "Food Safety National Standards for Larger Infants and Infant Formula Foods" and GB14880-2012 "Food Safety National Standards For Food Nutrition Enhancers Use Standards".
Part 1 Raw materials for milk powder
Milk powder raw materials are the basis for the production of milk powder, which contains many nutrients, such as the three major energy supply substances that the human body needs: protein, carbohydrates and fats. According to the "General Principles for the Administration of Packaging Labels of Prepackaged Food" (gb7718-2011), all kinds of ingredients should be arranged one by one in the order of decreasing the amount of food added when manufacturing or processing food, and the ingredients added to no more than 2% can be arranged in order of decreasing. That is, more than 2% of the ingredients, the higher the order in the ingredient list, the higher the ingredient content, the greater the proportion in a can of milk powder. Let's take a look at the main raw material information of the following 8 well-known milk powders
Summary of main raw materials:
(1) The first milk-based raw material of FeiheXing Feifan is raw cow's milk, and desalted whey and skimmed milk powder are also added.
(2) The main milk-based raw materials of Ubramu are high-oil whey powder and whey protein concentrate powder. High Oil Whey Powder is an innovative process formula to adjust the structure of characteristic fats based on human milk fatty acid research data, which is a high whey protein formula and whey protein accounts for more than 90% of protein. The process of powdering at once ensures that the scientifically proportioned fatty acid structure oils are wrapped in desalinated whey at one time, helping to reduce nutrient loss.
(3) Wyeth Blue Diamond Qifu mainly uses skimmed milk powder and whey protein powder as milk-based raw materials.
(4) The first milk-based raw material of Synbido Paixing is nonfat milk, and a concentrated whey protein powder is also added.
(5) The first milk-based raw material of Tsnary Ariyou is raw cow's milk, and desalted whey powder and skimmed milk powder are also added.
(6) Mead Johnson Lanzhen uses whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder as the main milk-based raw materials.
(7) Abbott Pure pure with skim milk as the main milk-based raw material.
(8) The first milk-based ingredient of Estametso extract is skim milk, and whey protein concentrate powder is also added.
In terms of raw materials, Feihe Xing Feifan, Uberim, Wyeth Blue Diamond Qifu, Hopson Yuanpaixing, Sanyuan Ariyu and Amatomexor Extract have all added whey protein powder/liquid to the ingredients, of which the whey protein content of Uberim is more prominent. Whey protein is a high-quality protein with a small molecular weight and is easily digested and absorbed; whey protein is still dissolved in the presence of acid or rennet, so the milk clot formed by whey protein under the action of gastric acid is small and easier to be digested and absorbed by infants and young children.
Part 2 Nutritional Formula
Nutrients are the soul of formula milk powder, scientific and comprehensive formula can bring better nutrition to the baby, which is also the most concerned but confused point for mothers when choosing milk powder. Since the baby's digestion and absorption, immunity, etc. are the concerns of many parents and parents, we will analyze the formula of these 8 well-known milk powders from the aspects of digestion, absorption and immunity-related nutrients
Digest and absorb related nutrients
In terms of digestion and absorption of related nutrients, we can focus on proteins, specialty fats (sn-2 fats), dietary fiber and probiotics.
brief summary:
(1) In terms of protein, Feihe Star Flying Sail, Uberim, Wyeth Blue Diamond Qifu, Synbiotic Paixing, Triple Ariyou, Aita Mexor, Abbott Jing Pure, And Mead Johnson Blue Zhen all contain 1 or more special whey protein source ingredients. Among them, The Flying Crane Star Flying Sail specifically contains moderate hydrolyzed protein, Uberimer contains high content of whey protein, Wyeth Blue Diamond Qifu contains α-whey protein, Synbitos Paixing contains Milk Bridge Protein lcn, and Mead Johnson Blue Zhen contains mfgm.
(2) In terms of sn-2 bit fat, 8 products contain different characteristic nutrients such as opo, cream, and anhydrous cream. Among them, opo as a structured fat unique 2-position palmitic acid structure, not easy to combine with calcium to form calcium soap, help digestion and absorption, reduce the chance of constipation; anhydrous cream and cream are natural cream, because of its similar structure to OPO, also known as "natural opo".
(3) In terms of dietary fiber, 8 products have added relevant nutrients, and the specific content is as follows:
It is not difficult to see that the addition of dietary fibers of Aita Mezzolite, Uberim, Mead Johnson Lanzhen, Feihe Xing Feifan and Hopson PaiXing is relatively good, with content of 5.9g/100g, 3.7g/100g, 3.182g/100g, 3g/100g and 3g/100g, respectively.
(4) In terms of probiotics, only Ubramus added Bifidobacterium lactis to 8 products, and the content was relatively excellent, 10 times that of the national standard million-level standard. Probiotics and dietary fiber complement each other, and together they can help regulate the baby's intestinal flora, maintain the stability of the microbial environment in the intestine, promote the absorption of nutrients, and enhance the body's immunity.
Immunity-related nutrients
In terms of immunity-related nutrients, we can focus on nucleotides, lactoferrin and probiotics.
(1) Among the 8 products, only Upram contains both nucleotides and probiotics, and the high content of whey protein in Upram naturally contains lactoferrin.
(2) 4 of the 8 products have added nucleotides, namely Feihe Xing Feifan, Uberim, Wyeth Blue Diamond Qifu and Ternary Ariyou. Among them, the nucleotide content of Eubramu is relatively excellent.
(3) 2 of the 8 products contain lactoferrin, namely Ternary Ariyou and Mead Johnson Lanzhen. Among them, mead Johnson blue zhen's lactoferrin content is relatively excellent.
Part3 Review Summary
Intestinal problems plague Bao Dad and Mom, through the in-depth evaluation of raw materials, nutritional formulas, we can see that the above 8 milk powders have their own emphasis in digestion and absorption and immunity-related nutrients, if the baby digestion and absorption is not good, you can pay attention to the addition of whey protein, fat, dietary fiber and probiotics; if the baby's immunity is poor, you can pay attention to the addition of nucleotides, lactoferrin and probiotics.
It should be noted that Feihe Xing Feifan, Youbo Ruimu, Sanyuan Aliyou and Aita Metso Extract are not added with sensitive ingredients such as white sugar, flavors and fragrances.
On the whole, the above 8 milk powders are relatively good, when choosing milk powder, consumers should combine the actual needs of the baby to choose:
★ If the baby's digestion and absorption are poor, parents can pay attention to the digestion and absorption of related nutrients, then Uberim and Flying Crane Star Flying Sail are better;
★ If your baby's immunity is poor and you can pay attention to immunity-related nutrients, then Ubramu and Mead Johnson Lanzhen are better.
Therefore, combined with the performance of 8 milk powders in digestion and absorption, immunity-related nutrients and sensitive ingredients, UBRAM is relatively more prominent.
(Note: The evaluation results are for reference only, does not represent the only selection criteria, when purchasing, you can combine the baby's actual situation, merchant discounts, purchase channel convenience, cost performance and other aspects to choose.) ）
Finally, it should be noted that breast milk is the best food for the baby, and if breast milk is sufficient, it is recommended to breastfeed. When the mother finally chooses to buy, she also needs to combine the actual situation of her baby, and the one that is suitable for the baby is the best.