Rice Dream Enriched has 300 mg of calcium per 8 oz serving. That's 30%
RDA. It also has 2g of fat per serving.
Linda Murray wrote:
>At 12:20 PM 1/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Does anyone have a container of rice dream or dari-free
>>>beverages to see how much calcium per ounces they contain?
>>>
>Dari-Free contains 30% RDA for calcium. The only problem with Dari-Free
is
>the fat content, which is zero. Pediatricians want children under two to
>have a certain amount of fat in their diet, which they usually get
through
>cows milk.
>There has been some argument as to whether children that age really do
need
>that much fat. Fortunately, my son likes to eat chicken nuggets,
battered
>fish, etc (milk and egg free) to compensate for the lack of fat in the
>Dari-Free. I've avoided giving him peanut butter (another high fat food)
>until he's older to help prevent developing a peanut allergy.
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>
>Linda Murray
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