BOURNVITA
Bournvita, a widely popular health drink currently being sold at a
very large scale in India, is actually chocolate malted mixture manufactured
by Cadbury Ltd.
Cadbury Bournvita is one of
the most trusted and favorite health drinks in India. It is also one of the
most popular drinks among children of various age groups, thanks to its yummy
chocolate flavor. It is, perhaps, the oldest supplement of milk available in
the market. Over years of success, Bournvita has introduced various product
modifications to meet the demands of various age groups.
There are several
other varieties of Bournvita now available in Indian market such as:
- Bournvita Lil’ Champs – this malt and chocolate drink is meant for small children below the age of 5yrs.
- Bournvita Five Star- this drink has the flavor of Cadbury five star chocolate.
Chief Ingredients of Cadbury Bournvita
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Bournvita contains the following
ingredients:
Malt extracts ; Solid cocoa ;
Sugar ; Caramel – E 150 ; Milk solids ; Emulsifiers ;
Liquid glucose ; Minerals ; Vitamins ; Raising agent – E
500 ; Liquid vanilla flavor ; Salt
Two heaped tablespoons of Bournvita
mixed with a mug of milk provides around 35 calories, 8g of the total
carbohydrate, 45mg of Potassium, 25mg of Sodium, 1g of protein, 6g of sugars, 8
percent of the daily Vitamin A, 10 percent of the daily iron, 30 percent of the
daily Vitamin C, 15 percent of daily Zinc, and 10 percent of daily Magnesium to
the body. It also contains proHealth Vitamins like Vitamins B9, B12, B2
and Vitamin D which keeps a person strong and healthy.
Health Benefits of Bournvita
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Bournvita offers a healthy start of your day by
supplementing you all the essential
components or nutrients to boost your
energy. It helps maintaining your child’s growth and development.
Some of the chief benefits of Cadbury Bournvita are::-
1) It can increase the physical endurance of a child, enhance
the immune system of the body, boosts your energy
level and keeps you energetic throughout the day.
2) It improves the mental alertness and power of concentration
of a person, thus increasing the power of learning.
3) It fulfills the daily iron requirement of your body which is
essential for the proper oxygen transportation in your body.
4) Vitamins B9 and B12 provides the essential component to your
body for proper growth of red blood cells.
5) Bournvita Lil’ Champs contains important
ingredients like DHA that are absolutely vital in the proper development of
small children below the age of 5yrs.
6) It has been observed that children who
are regular consumers of Bournvita have a higher intake of calcium compared to
children who consume plain milk.
7) It helps in eliminating waste products
and toxins from the body.
COMPLAN
Complan, a worldwide famous milk supplement brand aims to
provide complete nutrition to children and adults. Complan is now
a sub-brand owned by Heinz in India.
The drink gained a large amount of popularity
in India by targeting mother’s and their growing children as their main
consumers of the product, where mother’s ensure that their kid is consuming all
vital nutrients necessary for a growing human body in form of milk supplement
which not only adds flavor to the milk but provides their kids complete
nutrition as well as 100% milk proteins which helps body in growing faster.
Complan is a trusted, fortified dietary
supplement formulated to provide high quality nutrition. It provides a balanced
mix of high-quality, essential protein, fat and carbohydrate to provide energy,
as well as an extensive range of vitamins and minerals, and it provides a
useful boost to energy even in small servings.
Chief Ingredients of Complan
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Talking about the contents in Complan,
we have the following ingredients on the list::-
Milk Solids (54.8%) ; Peanut
Oil ; Sugar & Lactose ; Vegetable Oil ; Maltodextrin ;
Sugar ; Beetroot Juice powder ; Sodium Chloride ; Selenite ; Molybdate
; Chromate ; Glucose syrup & Dextrose ; Fat
reduced cocoa powder ; Natural & Artificial Flavors ; Magnesium
& Ferrous Sulphate ; Potassium Lodate ; Folic Acid ; Inositol
& Torine ; Thickener (xanthan gum) ; Various Vitamins
& Mineral mix (Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate).
Health Benefits of Complan :--
1) Natural
Milk Protein : The drink is milk based, not malted and
hence provides 100% of milk protein efficiently to body as compared to other
proteins derived from other sources such as wheat and barley. So, basically you
are taking 100% natural protein.
2) Improves
Immunity : Complan has got 11 immunity boosting
nutrients which only helps you sustain immunity and resists you from falling
ill frequently. The better immunity you’ve got, the healthier you are.
3) High
in Calories : You get 419KJ for every 100g of
Complan, these calories play an important role to keep your body active all day
and helps you in improving your physical performance. The calories in complan
provide enough amount of energy required for whole day routine.
4) Improves
Metabolism : Regular use of Complan stabilizes
metabolism which enhances overall performance of body maintaining healthy
blood, balancing fluids, improving cell growth, strengthening bones, teeth and
inflating vision.
5) Aids
in Body Growth : It not only helps in growing height but
also accelerates overall body growth with regular consumption along with
regular diet.
6) Gives
more power to brain : Ingredients like Lodine, Iron
& Vitamin B12 improves functioning of brain, leading to mental alertness
and concentration upgrading the memorizing power of the child.
Complan is available in powder and comes in a
variety of delicious flavours:
Original ; Chocolate ; Strawberry ; Vanilla
; Banana ; Kesar Badam ; Pista Badam ; Kulfi ; Mango.
HORLICKS
Horlicks is the title of a company which is the manufacturer
of a malted hot drink known by the same name.
India offers the biggest market for
this malted drink. The brand went through a revamp in the year 2003 to keep up
with the changing times and introduced new flavors to the traditional drink such
as toffee, vanilla, honey, chocolate and elaichi ( cardamom). It also developed
and launched variants such as Junior Horlicks, which is specially formulated
for young toddlers, Mother’s Horlicks, meant for breast-feeding women, Women’s
Horlicks, designed for women, Lite Horlicks, meant for adults, and Horlicks
Gold.
Chief Ingredients of Horlicks
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The ingredients of this full of energy
milk powder consist of:
Malt extract ; Wheat flour ;
Milk solids ; Malted barley ; Minerals ; Sugar ; Salt
; Vitamins ; Protein Isolate and acidity regulator or Potassium Bicarbonate.
It provides the essential vitamins and
minerals to growing children and enhances their over-all health. It contains
fourteen of the principal and vital nutrients such as Vitamin A ; Vitamin
D ; Vitamin C ; Vitamin E ; Riboflavin ( Vitamin B2) ;
Thiamin ( Vitamin B1) ; Niacin ; Folic acid ; Vitamin B6 ;
Biotin ; Vitamin B12 ; Pantothenic acid ( Vitamin B5) ; Fibre
; Calcium ; Zinc and Iron.
Health Benefits of Horlicks :--
1) It contains calcium which helps to keep the bones and teeth
strong and healthy.
2) It increases Hemoglobin in the body because it provides iron
which is a need of the immune system.
3) It contains the anti-oxidant, Vitamin E, which is very
helpful in protecting the cells of the body.
4) Horlicks is a great source of Vitamin A because of which it
strengthens the immune system of the human body. This
vitamin also improves the eyesight of a person and deals with vision related
problems.
5) The zinc content in Horlicks helps in healing wounds and
keeps the skin charming and healthy.
6) The Vitamin C that Horlicks contains helps to absorb iron
into the body.
7) The Vitamin B6 present in Horlicks helps to remove fatigue
and tiredness from the body.
8) The Vitamin B1 that Horlicks contains is known to aid in
the proper and better functioning of the heart.
9) The Vitamin B12 present in Horlicks has been considered
essential for the growth of red blood cells.
PEDIASURE
Pediasure is a famous supplement health drink owned by Abbott
Laboratories.
PediaSure is a clinically approved
nutritional supplement, which supplies vital nutrients to your kid’s body. A
glass of delicious PediaSure shake provides 7g of protein and 25 other
essential vitamins and minerals. Even if your kid is Lactose intolerant, he/
she can still consume PediaSure.
Children above the age of two can
safely consume PediaSure to enhance daily calorie intake and attain recommended
weight. A 225 grams serving of PediaSure supplies almost 240 calories, 9 grams
of fat, and 7 grams of protein to your kid’s body. If your kid suffers from Lactose
intolerance, he/she can consume PediaSure, but kids with serious conditions
like galactosemia must avoid consuming PediaSure.
Chief Ingredients of Pediasure
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Water ; Corn Maltodextrin ;
Sugar ; Blend of Vegetable Oils (Canola, Corn) ; Milk Protein
Concentrate ; Soy Protein Isolate ; Nonfat Milk. Less than
0.5% of: Natural & Artificial Flavor ; Cellulose Gel ;
Potassium Chloride ; Magnesium Phosphate ; Calcium Phosphate ;
Potassium Citrate ; Tuna Oil ; Calcium Carbonate ;
Potassium Phosphate ; Choline Chloride ; Ascorbic Acid ;
Monoglycerides ; Soy Lecithin ; Cellulose Gum ; Salt ;
Carrageenan ; Potassium Hydroxide ; Inositol ; Taurine ;
Stevia Leaf Extract ; Ferrous Sulfate ; Monk Fruit Extract ;
dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate ; L-Carnitine ; Zinc Sulfate ;
Calcium Pantothenate ; Niacinamide ; Manganese Sulfate ;
Thiamine Hydrochloride ; Pyridoxine Hydrochloride ; Riboflavin ;
Lutein ; Copper Sulfate ; Vitamin A Palmitate ; Folic Acid
; Chromium Chloride ; Biotin ; Potassium Iodide ;
Sodium Selenate ; Sodium Molybdate ; Phylloquinone ;
Vitamin D3 ; and Vitamin B12.
Health Benefits of
Pediasure :--
It is formulated
with 37 essential nutrients, which provides the perfect balanced nutrition
needed to help immunity, brain development, weight and height gain.
It has the
complete balanced nutrition supplement that every child needs. It has nutrients
such as Minerals, Vitamins, Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrate.
It contains
probiotics, prebiotics, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin A, and Copper, which helps in
growth. The unique mixture of these nutrients also helps support immunity.
Furthermore, a healthy immune system is equivalent to healthy growth.
PediaSure Health
and Nutrition Drink helps in brain development. The neuron-nutrients such as
Taurine, Choline, Iodine, Iron, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, Alpha Linolenic acid,
and Linoleic acid. These nutrients help in the development of the brain.
1)
Weight Gain: The
liquid nutrition supplement helps skinny kids gain weight. When your child
suffers from a chronic medical condition or is a picky eater, pediatricians
often recommend including PediaSure in his/her daily diet. It supplies an
adequate amount of calories to your child’s body so that he/she can attain the
requisite body weight.
2)
Supplies Calories: The
average 18-ounce PediaSure drink provides 240 calories to your kid. The total
amount of calories present in the nutritional drink slightly varies upon the
choice of flavors. The calories in PediaSure come from the milk soluble and the
added sugar, which enhances the flavor of the drink.
3)
Supplies Fat: The
normal-sized PediaSure shake contains 9 g of fat. The fat in PediaSure comes
from the milk. PediaSure drinks also contain 3 g of saturated fat per serving.
4)
Supplies Protein: The
vital nutrient helps your child to gain energy and attain desirable muscle mass
is Protein. Each serving of PediaSure contains 7 g of protein. PediaSure also
contains essential Amino acids, which help in his/her growth processes.
5)
Essential Vitamins and Minerals: The
manufacturers have fortified PediaSure with vital vitamins and minerals. Picky
eaters can get their essential nutrients from such a drink. A regular-sized
PediaSure drink supplies 25 percent of your kid’s recommended calcium intake,
40 percent of recommended intake of vitamin C, and 20 percent of iron
recommendation. PediaSure also contains essential minerals like Copper and Selenium.
