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

Table 4.7 (continued)
Region
and
country
EUROPE
United Kingdom
Age/population group
General recommendation
Pregnant women
Infants
Daily
recommendations
of milk and dairy
products
Eat some milk
and dairy foods
every day: milk,
cheese, yoghurt,
fromage frais,
cottage cheese,
cream cheese,
quark
Translation of
recommendations,
weight of portions/
servings and
household measures
Reference/responsible
entity
The eat well plate, 2011.
Department of Health
in association with
the Welsh Assembly
Government, the Scottish
Government and the
Food Standards Agency
in Northern Ireland
Comments
Choose lower-fat options when you
can or have just a small amount of the
high‐fat varieties less often. Butter and
cream are not included in this group.
Pregnant women should drink only
pasteurized milk. They should not drink
unpasteurized goat or sheep milk, or eat
foods that are made with them, such
as soft goat cheese. They should avoid
soft blue cheeses and soft cheeses such
as brie and camembert and others with
a similar rind, whether pasteurized or
unpasteurized.
Cow milk should not be given as a drink
until a baby is a year old. Children should
drink full-fat milk until they are at least 2
years old. Like cow milk, goat and sheep
milk are not suitable as drinks for babies
under a year old, because they do not
contain the right balance of nutrients.
Providing they are pasteurized, ordinary
full-fat goat and sheep milk can be used
as drinks once a baby is a year old.
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