Coffee likes to drink latte "milk" and its nutrients are very different.

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The latte you drink with fresh milk or "ice brick milk" varies greatly in calories.

Some readers have asked that many supermerchant lattes do not use fresh milk, but ice brick milk. Is it true that they will get fatter and fatter and are not as nutritious as fresh milk? Cheng Hsin-Yi, a dietitian at the Taiwan Cancer Foundation, says that the reduced milk ratio of ice brick milk is up to 50%, and up to half of the ingredients may be other additives, and the more you drink, the fatter you get.

Zheng Xinyi said that ice brick milk generally refers to frozen dairy products, because after freezing into a piece, it is called "brick." Frozen dairy products imported from Taiwan are mainly frozen concentrated milk or frozen milk fat, because after the steps of concentration and separation of EC, they are small in size and convenient for shipping.

But what kind of milk are these "bricks"? According to the dairy name and labeling principles laid down by the Ministry of Health, those extruded from healthy cattle and sheep, cooled and unprocessed, are called "raw milk"; raw milk is refrigerated after heating, sterilization and packaging, called "fresh milk"; raw milk or fresh milk is sterilized under high pressure or high temperature, and then aseptic packaging is called "long-lasting milk"; it contains more than 50% raw milk, fresh milk or preserved milk, and then after processing and seasoning, it is called "seasoning milk".

There is also a type, if the milk powder or concentrated milk with water is reduced to reduced milk in the same proportion as the original fresh milk, plus other additives, it is called "milk drink", and "ice brick milk" belongs to this type.

Since "dairy drinks" only regulate reduced milk to account for at least 50%, up to half of the ingredients in this drink may be other additives. People may buy "dairy drinks" when they buy lattes or Olei in supermarkets or hand drinks, but there is no special sign on the beverage cup that contains additives other than dairy products. In order to have a strong taste, some dairy companies will add cream to the milk, which will greatly increase the calories of dairy drinks.

Zheng Xinyi pointed out that if you are worried about drinking unknown additives or getting fatter as you drink, you are advised to reduce the purchase of unmarked drinks. For those who like to drink milk and are afraid of being fat, it is recommended to choose low-fat or skimmed milk, 1 to 2 cups a day. If you drink milk mixed with milk powder, the amount of milk powder per cup is about 3 tablespoons.