Choosing Packaged Milk Carefully, Read the Product Label to Avoid Buying the Wrong One

"Not all Packaged Milk is Made from the Same Ingredients, Take a Look at the Differences"

Choosing Packaged Milk Carefully, Read the Product Label to Avoid Buying the Wrong One

Dream - When shopping for packaged drinks, milk is often the first choice. The reason is to obtain health benefits, as well as satisfy the desire for a cold and sweet drink.

Although it looks healthy, Sahabat Dream must be extra careful when choosing packaged milk. This is because not all packaged milk has the same basic ingredients and composition. That means not all packaged drinks have a dominant milk composition even though they taste creamy. Actually, the basic ingredients and types of packaged milk can be known by reading the product label. Check out the differences in packaged milk based on the product label revealed by Halal Food Technologist, Erwin Setiawan, below.

"Susu UHT" in English is "UHT Milk".

Beverages that have the label 'susu' or 'susu UHT' indicate that their composition is mostly milk, so Sahabat Dream can benefit from drinking these beverages.

Although UHT milk has a longer shelf life and a longer processing time compared to pasteurized milk. Therefore, its nutritional content may not be as much as pasteurized milk. Dream friends can ensure the nutritional content in UHT milk by reading the nutrition facts table on the product.

Milk Beverage

The text translates to: "Beverages labeled as 'milk drinks' have different compositions compared to 'UHT milk'. Milk drinks are products made from fresh milk, reconstitution, or recombination, which can be supplemented with other food ingredients."

Beverages can also be sterilized and pasteurized. The fat content itself is about 1.2% to less than 2%. Meanwhile, the minimum protein content is about 1%, so Sahabat Dream cannot meet protein needs by drinking milk beverages.

"Beverage Contains Milk"

Actually, products labeled 'milk-containing beverages' have the same explanation as 'milk beverages', but their fundamental characteristics are different.

Beverages containing milk must contain a minimum of 0.3% milk fat. Meanwhile, the minimum protein content is 0.27%. Of course, milk-containing beverages cannot be considered as a source of protein, even though their fat content is low.

"Bahasa" text: Minuman Rasa Susu Translated to English while preserving html tags: Milk Flavored Drink

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "Milk-flavored drinks are products made from a mixture of drinking water and milk. That means milk is not the main ingredient of the product. Other food ingredients can also be added to this product. The milk fat content in milk-flavored drinks is less than 0.3%. Therefore, be more selective when you want to buy milk, my Dream friends."

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