Click on Yan Han’s mother under the title and follow it to discuss parenting together. I went to the Netherlands a few days ago and one of the four treasures of the Netherlands is cheese.

According to local tour guides, the average height of Dutch people has increased by more than 10 centimeters in twenty years, which is related to the fact that their children have been eating cheese since they were young.

What is cheese?

Cheese, also known as cheese, cheese (cheese), although the names are different, one has a free translation and the other has a transliteration, but they are all the same thing.

In fact, cheese is concentrated milk.

When it comes to milk, we are familiar with it. It has high nutritional value. It is not only a high-calcium food source, but also provides children with the protein and fat needed for physical development.

But most of the milk is water, and you can't drink that much at any time. This is the advantage of cheese.

Ten kilograms of milk can only make one kilogram of cheese, so the calcium content of a small piece of cheese is equivalent to a large glass of milk.

All mothers know that sometimes it is very difficult for their children to finish a glass of milk. Why?

There's too much water and it's hard to drink.

You can get a lot of calcium from a small piece of cheese compared to milk.

Cheese tastes very good and can be used as an ingredient in many delicacies. It is delicious and healthy, and it is a great calcium supplement.

Because Liuliu didn’t like to drink formula milk after weaning off breast milk, for fear of not getting enough calcium, I often added ingredients like cheese when making complementary food for her.

When can babies eat cheese?

Cheese contains a lot of calcium, but it also contains a lot of sodium. In the process of making cheese, salt is inevitably used.

And we all know that children before the age of 1 should eat as little or even no salt as possible. Therefore, the age of 1 becomes an important watershed for eating cheese.

Of course, in many foreign families, for example, children over 6 months old in the UK can eat it, while in the United States, children over 9 months old can eat it.

We, adhering to the principle of healthier feeding, cheese addition can be considered after 1 year old.

How is cheese stored?

Under ideal conditions, the storage conditions of natural hard cheese are in a cool and humid cellar at about 10-14 degrees Celsius. However, it is unrealistic to maintain this environment throughout the entire sales process, so refrigerated storage is basically chosen.

Fresh cheese and soft cheese, because of their higher water content and shorter shelf life, need to be refrigerated.

Therefore, a necessary place to purchase is in front of the freezer, or online shopping with ice packs. If not, the quality is worrying.

How to choose good cheese?

What different food types are suitable for different cheese varieties?

Later, we will talk about it in detail.

Let’s first understand the basics of cheese.

I read yesterday’s comments carefully and found that many friends didn’t know “how to choose good cheese.”

First of all, I want to explain that cheese is a good thing, but you should choose natural cheese, not the various packaged processed cheeses on the market.

The reason is simple: of course, when feeding your baby, you must choose good ones, avoid meaningless additives, and reduce sodium. Our goal is to supplement nutrients such as calcium, not sodium and additives!

Although these cheeses have different shapes, they are natural cheeses with similar ingredients. Processed cheese is cheese made from natural cheese by adding other ingredients.

The US FDA stipulates that at least 51% of the raw materials of processed cheese are natural cheese, and the remaining less than 49% of the ingredients include additives, water, and other milk raw materials, such as milk powder (drymilk) and anhydrous milkfat.

and wheysolids, etc.

Judging from the front appearance, there is no difference between these processed cheeses and natural cheeses. On the contrary, the patterns are cuter and more pleasing to children.

In fact, if you look at any processed cheese, you will know how complex the ingredients are. Adults can just eat it if they like the taste.

Of course, babies should try to avoid such products.

I would like to ask, how can cheese made up of a bunch of additives be called "milk gold"?

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So how to distinguish natural cheese from processed cheese?

It’s actually very simple. Say the important things three times, look at the ingredient list, look at the ingredient list, look at the ingredient list!

1. Open your eyes and see if there is the word "reproduced". Due to advertising design and other reasons, the names of cheeses are different. However, if it is processed cheese, there must be the word "reproduced" on the package.

This must be clearly marked according to national regulations.

However, it doesn’t matter whether the word “reproduced” is big or small. Some are in prominent positions, and some, hey, wish they were hidden in nooks and crannies so that you can’t see them.

Therefore, it is still up to mothers’ sharp eyes to identify them.

If you see the word "reproduction", just put it down silently.

Whether it's mild, original, or ham flavored, it's all processed cheese!

Look clearly at the words "reproduction".

2. Look at the first ingredient list. The ingredients of natural cheese are generally relatively simple: the first position must be milk (pasteurized milk is best), salt, fermentation bacteria, etc.

Processed cheese is different. The top ones may be cheese, reconstituted milk, etc., and there are many additives. If you see a bunch of words with names that you can’t understand, they are basically processed cheese.

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