Alternatives to Powdered Milk for Toddlers
Choosing the right type of food for your child is a very important decision that continues well beyond the first few months of life. Even after the introduction of solid foods, many parents wonder whether they are making the right feeding decisions, and whether their child is getting everything he or she needs to achieve optimal health.
To reassure families, The Latte Co has developed a fortified plant-based powdered beverage for children aged one year and over.
Find out what this plant-based, organic and hypoallergenic powdered beverage can offer your child.
Child nutrition
From the moment of pregnancy - and often even preconception - parenthood is littered with decisions. For young and old alike, the choices parents make shape many aspects of their child's health. This is particularly true of decisions concerning nutrition.
One thing is certain: parents want their children to be healthy. However, with so much conflicting talk about diet, it's not always easy to make informed choices. Even so, parents want to avoid nutritional deficiencies in their children at all costs.
Nutritional deficiencies are known to be at the root of many health problems. So it goes without saying to focus on a diet that supports the child's nutritional needs, nourishing body and mind while promoting development. To achieve this, the ideal is to prioritize the consumption of wholesome, complete, high-quality foods.
In addition to daily meals and snacks, supplements and superfoods are good options to include in a young child's diet, as they maximize nutritional intake and minimize the risk of nutritional deficiencies.
That's why many families are adopting The Latte Co.'s Fortified Plant Beverage, a plant-based powdered milk containing a range of vitamins, minerals, healthy fats and proteins.
What is The Latte Co. fortified plant-based beverage powder?
The Latte Co. offers powdered beverages for babies from 12 to 24 months as well as for children aged 2 to 8. The Latte Co.'s plant-based powdered beverages aim to provide a complete and varied nutritional intake for all children. That's why these fortified beverages are dairy-free, soy-free, GMO-free, gluten-free, nut-free, vegan and kosher. So, regardless of dietary restrictions, every child can enjoy the full benefits of these highly nutritious plant-based beverages.
The base of each beverage is fermented rice. Enhanced with fruits, vegetables and dehydrated seaweed, the blend is naturally enriched with vitamins and minerals from whole, raw, organic foods. Rich in iron and calcium, The Latte Co.'s milk powder is also an excellent source of magnesium, B vitamins, zinc and antioxidants.
Easy to digest, The Latte Co.'s plant-based beverage is more than just a milk powder, it's a top-quality superfood for good health.
Why introduce a powdered vegetable drink?
Most children benefit from The Latte Co. products, but especially :
picky eaters who refuse many foods
Parents often worry about the nutritional deficiencies that can result from such a restrictive diet. While multivitamins exist on the market to meet the needs of toddlers, these products don't always contain optimal doses of nutrients. In contrast, The Latte Co.'s children's drinks avoid deficiencies thanks to a complete fortified vegetable powder in which nutrients are 100% bioavailable (easily used by the body). What better way to make up for nutritional deficiencies than with a drink based on organic fruit, vegetables and seaweed!
The child who doesn't like vegetables
Making many parents cringe, the child who doesn't eat vegetables is more at risk of developing deficiencies in certain nutrients, notably fiber and antioxidants. A good solution is to mask vegetables in unrecognizable forms. What child would suspect that a delicious-tasting milk powder could contain raw, organic vegetables such as kale, spinach, beet, sweet potato and shiitake mushroom?
The child on an all-vegetable diet
While vegan diets can be highly beneficial, they also carry a high risk of nutritional deficiencies. Both children and adults on a vegan diet are at risk of developing deficiencies in zinc, B12, iron and calcium. These nutrients are abundantly present in The Latte Co.'s fortified powdered beverage made from 100% whole plant foods. In fact, The Latte Co. powdered milk contains more calcium than cow's milk!
Children with low immunity
A weak immune system may be due to nutritional deficiencies. The Latte Co.'s fortified plant-based powdered beverage is a superfood rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals, and packed with antioxidants to fortify the whole body, including the immune system.
Children with allergies
Eliminating many allergenic foods and replacing them with processed versions does not necessarily result in optimal nutritional intake. To complete an allergen-free diet, it is imperative to support the body with highly nutritious foods. Such is the case with The Latte Co.'s fortified plant-based powdered beverage. Rich in protein and healthy fats, The Latte Co.'s powdered beverage is still allergen-free without compromising nutritional value.
To offer health to your children and the whole family, try The Latte Co. plant-based powdered beverages today, available in The Latte Co. stores. La Boite à Grains stores and our online store.
We wish you good health!
About the author
Naturopaths of La Boite à Grains
Team of licensed and certified naturopaths (ND) in Gatineau, Outaouais.
Original article written by Véronique Cousineau, Naturopath