Milk 3.2% or 2.5%? Curd 10% or low fat? Many parents choose the fat content of dairy products to their child at random.
But there are certain standards for the amount of animal fats in baby food.
Animal fats are just as important in a baby’s diet as are plant-based fats.
Every day the child needs:
- At the age of one year – 6-7 gr. fat per 1 kg of weight (and this amount is found in breast milk!);
- From a year to three years – 4 gr. fat per 1 kg of weight;
- From 3 to 7 years – 3-3.5 gr. fat per kg of weight.
The table will not be confused.
The child’s daily need for dairy products: fat content and quantity
Products |
a child aged from one to three years |
a child aged three to seven years | a child over the age of seven |
Milk | 3,2%
up to 500 ml (including kefir and yogurt) |
3,2%-2,5%
500-600 ml |
2,5%-1,5% 500-700 ml (including kefir and yogurt) |
Kefir | 3,2%
50 – 200 gr. |
3,2% up to 600 ml |
2,5% – 4% up to 600 ml |
Yogurt | 2.7% – 3.2% (only for children!)
80-100 ml |
2,7%-4,5% (short-term bio-yogurt) up to 200 ml (can be an adult) |
2,7%-4,5% 200 ml |
Cottage cheese | 10%
40 gr |
10% – 4%
45 gr |
4%-1%
45 gr |
Cheese | 30-35% (children or Cheddar, Oltermany, Mozzarella, Maasdam)
3-5 gr. |
45%-50%
5 gr |
45% 10 gr |
Cream |
10% (only for a child from 2 years old!) 10 gr |
15% 15 gr |
15% – 20% 15 gr |
Butter | 82.5% (the spread is not suitable for baby food!)
6-10 gr |
82,5%
10-15 gr |
82,5% up to 45% gr |
It is proved: each gram of fat provides nine calories: this is twice as much as one gram of protein. That is why little fidgets need fats to grow and develop.