Milk-and-Dairy-Products-in-Human-Nutrition-FAO

Table 4.7 (continued)
Region
and
country
EUROPE
Spain (continued)
Sweden
Age/population group
Daily
recommendations
of milk and dairy
products
Translation of
recommendations,
weight of portions/
servings and
household measures
General recommendation
Elderly
2–4 portions
3 portions
1 portion is:
Milk: 200–250 ml
or 1 cup
Women Adult
Pregnant
3–4 portions
2–3 portions
Yoghurt: 200–250 g or
2–3 units/small cartons
Aged cheese: 40–60 g
or 2–3 slices
Healthy adults
Breast
feeding
Breastfeeding women
Pregnant women
3 portions
500 ml of milk
or 300–400 ml of
milk or yoghurt
and two slices of
cheese
500 ml of
skimmed milk,
natural skimmed
sour milk or
natural low-fat
yoghurt
500 ml of
skimmed milk,
natural skimmed
sour milk or
natural low-fat
yoghurt
Fresh cheese: 85–125 g
or 1 individual portion
100 ml of milk are
equivalent to 10–15 g
of cheese
Reference/responsible
entity
Swedish National Food
Administration, 2005
Comments
Prefer low-fat milk and dairy products.
Choose low-fat cheese (17% fat or less)
and dairy products. Cheese consumption
should not be greater than 20 g/day.
Recommendations are made on the basis
of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations
2004 prepared by a Nordic expert group.
Avoid cheese made from unpasteurized
milk. Also avoid mould-ripened or
washed-rind cheese even if it is made
of pasteurized milk, for example brie,
gorgonzola, chèvre, vacherol and
taleggio. Cheese used in cooking that has
been heated until it is bubbling is quite
safe to eat.
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