10 Healthiest Milk And Milk Alternatives For Toddlers And Kids

5. Coconut Milk

Serving Size – 240ml

Calories – 552

Fat – 57g

Protein – 5g

Carbs – 13g

Coconut milk (not to be confused with coconut water) is absolutely loaded with saturated fat, which is probably leading to some confusion as to why it ranks so far down this list of healthiest milk and milk alternatives for toddlers and kids. That’s because it’s not animal-based saturated fat, but the “good” kind of saturated fat, which raises your HDL cholesterol. It’s also loaded with fiber, as well as minerals like copper, iron, and magnesium, which aren’t as easy to get from food sources as vitamins like A, B, and D are (which it’s decidedly lacking). Given its potency, only a little bit needs to be drank each day, which could allow your child to also drink some of the low-fat/calorie options previously listed and gain the benefits (and vitamins) from those drinks as well. That flexibility is primarily why we’ve ranked coconut milk so highly. Native Forest sells organic, unsweetened coconut milk.

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