Is it normal for milk powder to have a shelf life of three years?

Many parents are troubled about what kind of milk powder to choose for their babies. When they see that the shelf life of milk powder is three years, they will be very confused. In fact, the shelf life of different types of milk powder is naturally different. Try to read the ingredient list of the milk powder when choosing, and choose one that is closer to breast milk in ingredients, so that your baby can have more nutrition after intake.

For the healthy growth of the baby, it is our responsibility as parents to choose a healthy milk powder for the child. However, with the diversification of the market, there are a dazzling array of milk powder brands, and young parents often cannot make up their minds when buying milk powder.

First of all, the ingredients should be close to breast milk. The proteins in breast milk mainly include whey protein and casein. Whey protein interacts with gastric juice in the stomach and coagulates into fresh and small granular milk curds, which are more efficiently absorbed. The optimal protein ratio in infant formula should be close to the level of breast milk. Tian'ai milk powder has added lactoferrin to be close to breast milk, so pay attention to the nutritional ingredients when purchasing other brands.

Second, smell the smell. Milk powder should have a light milky aroma. If it has a fishy, ​​musty or sour smell, it means the milk powder has deteriorated. Experts remind that if you find a rancid fatty acid smell, this is mainly due to incomplete sterilization during milk powder processing. The oxidized fat smell is caused by the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in the milk powder. The stale smell and browning are caused by moisture in the milk powder.

Again, it depends on how quickly the milk powder dissolves. Mothers can try the trial pack first to understand how the milk powder can be mixed. Good quality milk powder can be mixed easily, with no lumps after mixing, and the liquid is milky white with a strong milky flavor. Poor quality milk powder is not easy to mix and has no milky flavor. Milk powder with a high starch content becomes a paste after mixing, and some even have many bubbles.

In addition, when purchasing milk powder brands, if your financial situation permits, it is best to choose products from well-known companies with larger scale and better product and service quality. Because large-scale production enterprises have strong technical strength, more scientific and reasonable product formula design, stricter quality control of raw materials, advanced production equipment, and high corporate management level, product quality is also guaranteed.

Since milk powder plays a very important role in the growth of a child, its quality is directly related to the baby's health, especially those babies who are not breastfed. Therefore, mothers still need to be more careful in choosing the brand and type of milk powder and must not buy blindly.