Nutrition
Dairy foods
Did you know?
More than 500 tankers collect as much as 35 million L milk from all over New Zealand each day.
Kiwi teenagers love to eat ice cream and do so at least once a week – that’s adding to their recommended intake of at least 2 servings of milk or milk products - like cheese, yoghurt or ice cream - every day. These foods contain saturated fat, though, so make sure they choose low or reduced fat options. Women more frequently choose lower fat dairy products than males – smart move!
Butter, which is essentially just fat, doesn’t provide the nutritional value of other milk products, so should be avoided.
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Single serves |
Nutrients |
- Make the switch to trim milk in your tea and coffee and in cereals.
- Keep low fat yoghurt in the fridge for a healthy snack or dessert.
- Low fat ice cream can be creamier than full fat, but often has more sodium and sugar.
- Greek yoghurt contains about the same amount of fat as ice cream – so keep it is as a treat.
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- 1 large glass milk (250 ml)
- 1 pot yoghurt (150g)
- 2 slices cheese
- 2 scoops ice cream.
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- protein
- fats: but a higher proportion of saturated than mono or polyunsaturated
- vitamins: riboflavin, B12 and A
- minerals: especially calcium, phosphorus, zinc.
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Read the 2003
New Zealand Food and Nutrition Guidelines three-day meal plan to get you into the swing of eating a balanced diet!