Except milk, milk tablets are also very popular among children. Parents like to buy milk tablets for their children, as they think the nutritional value of milk tablets is much higher than that of candies. What’s more, many parents and children think that both milk and milk tablets can supplement calcium for the human body. In fact, the intake of milk tablets can not supplement calcium at all. In addition, it can endanger the health of children. 

Nowadays, the government has still not made any uniform rule to the production of milk tablets. Therefore, the quality of milk tablets can not be proved. The variety of milk tablets is rather diverse on the market. Many manufacturers even make use of overdue milk to produce milk tablets in order to reduce the production cost. Some manufacturers even use spice and starch to produce milk tablets without any nutrient. In addition, although the main compositions of milk tablets like fresh milk, milk powder and bovine colostrum are introduced on the package the content of fresh milk contained in the tablets is not explained clearly. What’s more, except the high-quality calcium, many other nutrients like protein, iron and vitamin B are also contained in fresh milk. Therefore, the nutritional value of fresh milk is much higher than that of milk tablets. The manufacturers always say that the nutritional content of milk tablets is equal to that of milk, which is absolutely unbelievable.

Many parents think that no matter how much fresh milk is contained in milk tablets, it is valuable as long as the tablets can supplement calcium for children. The calcium contained in milk is easy for children to digest and absorb. However, the calcium contained in milk tablets has already been solidified during the process of producing milk tablets. The absorption rate is rather low. In addition, if the discharge function of children has still not been well developed, the solidified calcium can be accumulated in the human liver and kidney to cause calculus. In order to improve the taste of milk tablets, some manufacturers even add the spice and antiseptic into them. The long-term intake of such milk tablets can increase the burden of the liver and even hurt the nervous system. Therefore, parents can not use milk tablets to take the place of milk to supplement calcium for their children. And the health danger caused by milk tablets must be avoided.