Can milk tablets replace milk to supplement calcium? What is the most nutritional advantage of dairy products?

often hears the elders say:

"Although my baby doesn't drink much milk,

, but he loves milk tablets, eat a big plate."

Many parents think that

babies do not like milk, just take milk tablets. .

Regardless of the amount of fresh milk in the milk tablets,

can supplement calcium anyway. Many businesses have also captured the consumer’s psychology. The ad slogan of

"Dried milk slices is equivalent to the nutrient content of a cup of fresh milk"

is popular. Is this true? Can

milk tablets really replace milk? Z1z

Bin Bin will come to talk with you about milk films today.

(picture from the Internet) how is

milk tablets made? Is there a national standard?

Milk tablets refer to raw cow (goat) milk or/& milk powder, whey powder as the main raw materials, adding other raw materials, adding or not adding food additives, food nutrition fortifiers, after ingredients, mixing, drying or not drying , Tableting, packaging and other processes to produce flake dairy products with milk solids content of not less than 60%. There is no national food safety standard for the production of

milk tablets, and the current implementation is DBS15/009-2019 local food safety standard. In the local standards of

, the technical requirements for milk tablets include:

raw materials meet the corresponding national standards or food safety standards.

sensory meets the requirements of color, taste, smell and organization state. There are only two physical and chemical indexes of

: moisture ≤6%, protein ≥14% (there is no clear requirement for calcium content).

Pollutants and mycotoxins limit requirements are consistent with the national standards for milk and dairy products. The

microbial limit requirements including total colony, coliform, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella must comply with relevant regulations.

The use of food additives and food nutrition fortifiers must comply with the corresponding national standards.

Therefore, the production standards of milk tablets are relatively broad, and whether the purpose of calcium supplementation can be achieved depends entirely on the specific product.

milk flakes/milk/cheese PK

and below use the nutrition content of a pure milk I often drink to compare the nutrition content of two milk flakes.

1. I often drink a pure milk

ingredient list:

only raw milk

nutritional ingredient list:

1) calcium-to-sodium ratio is 2.4

2) calcium content is 120mg/100ml, fat content is 3.6g/100ml, sugar content is 4.9g /100ml

2, milk tablets No. 1 (a domestic brand, imported milk source)

ingredient list:

is very clean, except for the white sugar which is more dazzling

Nutrition table:

1) the calcium to sodium ratio is 0.8, the sodium content is too high

Milk tablets are far less capable of supplementing calcium than milk, and they also consume too much sodium, fat and sugar.

3, milk slice No. 2 (imported brand)

ingredient list: although

does not have white sugar, it is added with higher sweetness glucose and flavor.

Nutrition Table:

1) The calcium to sodium ratio is 3.4, which is not bad!

2) The calcium contained in 100 grams of milk tablets is equivalent to 600 ml of milk, the fat content is similar to that of milk with the same calcium content, and the sugar content is 1.8 times that of milk with the same calcium content.

4, use a cheese and milk for comparison

ingredient list:

is very clean

nutrition ingredient list:

1) The calcium to sodium ratio is 5.2, excellent!

2) The calcium contained in 100 grams of cheese is equivalent to 860 ml of milk, the fat content is similar to that of milk with the same calcium content, and the sugar content is 0.

Pure milk, yogurt, cheese or milk flakes, which one has more nutritional advantages?

1, pure milk

From the product point of view, pure milk is the most natural food with simple processing technology and no food additives. It is the most suitable food source for daily calcium supplementation.

2, yogurt

is followed by yogurt, but when choosing for children, pay attention to choosing plain yogurt with simple ingredient list and sugar-free, otherwise daily sugarThe intake of fen can easily exceed the standard.

3, cheese

cheese can also be used as a choice for daily dairy products, but because the product processing technology is very different, so everyone should read the list of ingredients and nutritional ingredients when buying, otherwise it is easy to buy products with high sodium content.

4, milk tablets

milk tablets are not recommended as conventional sources of milk products. Of course, if the child is very resistant to drinking pure milk or eating cheese, you can choose a milk tablet with a simple ingredient list, a calcium-to-milk ratio higher than 3, and a low sugar content. Remember to clean your mouth in time after eating. Can

make homemade milk tablets for babies?

Wang Bin:

does not recommend homemade milk tablets, because the hygiene and safety are not well controlled, and it is easy to breed bacteria during the production process.

concludes that

milk tablets cannot replace milk for calcium supplementation, because milk tablets have different processes and the calcium content is uncertain. Frequent consumption may also cause excessive intake of sugar, fat and additives. Although

can be regarded as a kind of dairy product, it is not recommended to be used as a regular dairy product for children because of the wide production process requirements and uneven product quality.

About the author: Wang Bin, a child nutritionist, a national secondary public nutritionist and a national senior nutrition lecturer. He is good at combining medicine with modern nutrition knowledge, focusing on the field of maternal and child nutrition and health, and teaching you how to feed children scientifically.