Organic milk powder, do you deserve it?

Baby milk powder is a highly willing product for consumers to pay for - as long as it 'may be good for the baby', many parents will pay for it. In the food safety extremely sensitive background, organic milk powder to promote "more natural, more nutritious, safer", naturally also has a great appeal., however, is that really the case? Organic milk powder, is it worth having?milk powder, where is organic?so-called "organic food", there are two requirements in general: one is in accordance with the organic agricultural production system for production and processing, and the other is certified by an independent certification body. The so-called "organic agriculture production system", the world's different norms, generally require the use of synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, growth regulators, antibiotics and genetically modified varieties and so on. The transition from conventional agriculture to organic agriculture also requires an "organic conversion period" during which organic production practices are implemented, but products cannot be called organic products.Photo Source:Compared with ordinary milk powder, organic milk powder requires milk raw materials from organic cows, the subsequent processing process to meet organic norms, other major raw materials such as vegetable oil and lactose also come from organic products, the final content of organic raw materials reached more than
95%
.organic milk powder, more nutritious?the chemical composition of the foodable part, whether animal or plant, is affected by the way it is grown. In other words, organic and conventionally grown foods may theoretically be different. There are also differences between different conventional products, or between different organic products, and the differences between organic and conventional products may not be greater. In other words, whether a food is "organic" cannot be judged by testing and analyzing its chemical composition, but only by monitoring the planting and processing process. There have been many comparisons between machine foods and conventional foods in the academic literature, and there is no data to support the notation that organic foods are more nutritious than conventional foods.to organic milk and conventional milk, some studies have compared the nutritional content of the two. There is no real difference between the main nutrients, such as protein, fat, lactose, calcium, etc. There are some micronutrients that may be different. For example, organic advocates are pleased by
reports
that
is higher in unsaturated fatty acids than conventional milk. However, in the same study,
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organic milk was also measured to be higher than regular milk. In other studies, conjugated linic acid and trace elements such as copper, zinc and selenium in conventional milk were found to be higher than organic milk. These elements are the nutrients the body needs, and if the "nutritional value" of conventional and organic milk is to be judged according to the content of a particular ingredient, confusion is reached.should we look at these differences? First, these differences have little effect on human needs, such as
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unsaturated fatty acids, and even if the content of organic milk is slightly higher, the total amount the body gets from drinking milk is still very small. It's like one person's monthly income
1000
, another person's monthly income
1100
, the difference is completely worthless for buying a house. Second, the milk powder
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unsaturated fatty acids in the end how much significance for infant development, there is not enough clear evidence, so the national infant formula standards do not take it as a requirement, but only as an "optional ingredient." If it is an ingredient that affects the "nutritional value" of milk powder, it will be classified as a "essential ingredient" in the standard.the same is true of other ingredient differences. On the one hand, the difference is very small, on the other hand, the detected data are organic milk and conventional milk have their own strengths. In the current market of milk powder, many conventional milk powder will add yevylavin, taurine, nucleotides, β
-
carotene, cyan cobaltamine (
VB12
) and other national standards of "optional nutrients", and organic milk powder is generally not added. If you have to use "potentially beneficial" ingredients to judge the nutritional value of milk powder, then "organic milk powder is more nutritious" can not be self-contained., infant formula composition is in accordance with the "formula requirements" provisions. Whether using organic or conventional raw materials, it is necessary to meet the requirements of national standards. Within the scope of national standards, the specific composition of more and less, can not be used to judge the "nutritional value" of milk powder.Is organic milk powder safer?every time we talk about "organic food is no more nutritious than regular food", people always say, "We value not nutrition, but safety." Is organic food safer? At the very least, the USDA has made it clear that it is only responsible for certifying that organic production practices are met, not for determining whether organic foods are safer.in the comparison between organic products and conventional products, the amount of chemical pesticide residue detected in organic products is generally lower than that of conventional brake products. However, it should be emphasized that "pesticide residues" does not mean "unsafe". Pesticides used in agricultural production have residual standards. The standard is that there is already a large security surplus of the "red line", as long as below the standard, can be considered safe. It's like if the speed limit on a highway is
60
km/h, then it doesn't make any sense to know which is safer at
20
km/h and
25
km/h.it is important to note that organic production is not without pesticides, but not "chemically synthesized pesticides". Because the "organic pesticides" used have poor pest control, they often have to be used in larger quantities. Poor pest control also makes plants more likely to use their own defensive responses - plants' own defenses, often secreting toxins that are harmful to humans. In addition, plants are more susceptible to infection by microorganisms such as mold, which can also secrete toxins. A study published in

in 2005 compared the levels of various pollutants and toxins in organic and conventional milk in northern Italy and found that
49%
of organic milk contained more than

50 ng/L

, compared with
10%
in conventional milk. In the EU's milk standard, the limit for aflatoxin is
50 ng/L
- that is, the proportion of organic milk "exceeding the standard" in this region is close to half, while conventional milk is only
10%
. Of course, the standard may be too strict - the standards in the United States, Japan and China are
500 ng/L
, and none of the organic or conventional milks tested in the study exceeded
100 ng/L
.this is not a special case. In Taiwan and the European Union, more than one study has tested for levels of two evils in eggs. Although the content is within the standard range, the content of organic eggs (or ground-going eggs) is much higher than that of caged chickens. Theoxin is also a well-known carcinogen. In short, the chemical pesticide residue of organic milk powder may be lower than conventional milk powder, but as long as it is qualified milk powder, whether organic or conventional, the residue will be far below the "harmful content". Organic milk may even contain higher levels of pollutants or toxins that are not normally detected than conventional milk. milk powder, is it worth buying? , organic milk powder is nothing bad. The difference between it and conventional milk powder is that it's expensive - not because it's "safer" or "more nutritious", but because it's more expensive to produce, more expensive to market, and smaller to produce so it requires higher profit margins. for children, the benefits are negligible even if they are there - at least, there is no scientific evidence to support them. For parents, its greatest value may be in the psychological superiority: I give children to eat milk powder more "advanced"!