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Milk vs. Whey Many people have trouble getting their families to drink nonfat dry milk. When they find whey milk products and taste them, they like the flavor and want to store them instead of nonfat dry milk. The following 2 analyses and the accompanying chart are to help you understand that they are not the same as milk for many reasons. You need to understand the differences before making a decision to store whey milks.
Milk-Lite Low Fat Whey Milk vs. Nonfat Dry Milk The role of milk in a healthy diet is to provide calcium, riboflavin (Vit B2), and protein. When looking for a milk substitute, those three nutrients are the most important to compare. Milk-Lite whey milk provides a similar amount of calcium and riboflavin to nonfat dry milk but only 38% of the protein. When relying heavily on food storage, the protein from milk is important because meat, eggs, and cheese may not be readily available. Milk provides a complete, high-quality protein while beans and grains, which are important protein sources, are incomplete protein sources and must be supplemented by a different incomplete protein or a small amount of complete protein. Nonfat dry milk would be a better protein value then Milk-Lite for children and pregnant or nursing women who can drink milk. Two cups of skim milk provide the following percentages of the RDI for protein:
Nonfat dry
milk contains no fat. Thirty percent of the calories in Milk-Lite are fat
calories. While this fat helps Milk-Lite taste and feel like 1% milk, it also
contributes to a shorter shelf life. Milk-Lite has a shelf life of 9-12 months.
Nonfat dry milk can be successfully stored for at least 24 months and up to 20
years.
Morning Moo’s Milk Alternative vs. Nonfat Dry Milk The role of milk in a healthy diet is to provide calcium, riboflavin (Vit B2), and protein. When looking for a milk substitute, those three nutrients are the most important to compare. Morning Moo’s Milk Alternative provides about one third the calcium, one fifth to one sixth the riboflavin, and only 38% of the protein of milk. When relying heavily on food storage, the protein from milk is important because meat, eggs, and cheese may not be readily available. Milk provides a complete, high-quality protein while beans and grains, which are important protein sources, are incomplete protein sources and must be supplemented by a different incomplete protein or a small amount of complete protein. Nonfat dry milk would be a better protein value then Morning Moo’s Milk Alternative for children and pregnant or nursing women who can drink milk. Two cups of skim milk provide the following percentages of the RDI for protein:
Nonfat dry
milk contains no fat. About 32% percent of the calories in Morning Moo’s Milk
Alternative are fat calories. While this fat helps Morning Moo’s Milk
Alternative taste and feel like 1% or 2% milk, it also contributes to a shorter
shelf life. Morning Moo Milk does not have a tested shelf life but it is
assumed, based on industry studies, that it will last 25 years under IDEAL
conditions (below 70oF and less than 15% humidity) or 1 year after
being opened. Nonfat dry milk can be successfully stored for at least 24 months
and up to 20 years.
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