Glazed curds are a great way to feed children with cottage cheese, which they don’t like. Ideally, the classic children’s glazed cheese should include natural cottage cheese, sour cream, sugar or fruit puree and real chocolate with natural cocoa butter.
There is undoubtedly the benefit of glazed curds: it satisfies hunger, saturates the body with protein, calcium and vitamins, and simply brings joy. How to choose a quality product, because such curds can be poisoned, if you do not take into account all the nuances.
Even natural cottage cheese and sour cream deteriorate within three days, so longer storage periods may indicate a large amount of preservatives that are not needed in the child’s diet.
Manufacturers often replace natural fats with cheaper vegetable fats, which are simply dangerous on the child’s menu – there are so many of them in store baked goods and desserts. By themselves, the cheese curds are a fatty, high-calorie product, only 10 cheese curds are equal in calorie content to the daily diet of an eight-year-old child. Parents must take this into account and limit the use of cheese curds to one piece.
Another way to secure the use of curd cheeses is to choose products without fillers and flavor enhancers. Indeed, such curds contain more sugar and various preservatives.
cheese, evaluate its composition, check the expiration dates, the integrity of the packaging, exclude the presence of allergic components in the composition and pay attention to the storage conditions of the cheese curds in the store.
The composition of the curd icing should ideally correspond to natural chocolate, but there is also a more budgetary option – confectionery glaze, in which palm oils, aromas and flavor enhancers are not desirable.
It is important to understand that glazed curd cheese cannot be the main source of curd in a children’s menu. Most likely, it is better to refer it to the category of desserts and give it to children, respectively – occasionally and only after the main meal.