Hmm thats tough but in all honesty a little full fat milk will not be such a huge issue even if you're watching your intake. Its better for everyone really than the skim or light options as there are nutrients in the fat that you miss out on otherwise.
My DD often gets low fat milk (not the skinny stuff, the 2% stuff) cos she doesn't drink enough to go through 1L of full cream milk, and we don't like full cream milk.
DH is happy cos we are buying full fat cheese , and sour cream, and he never liked the low fat stuff that i would buy.
I don't think they add anything to the low fat milk, it just has the fat skimmed off it, so i figure she is not getting anything 'bad' just missing out on some fat and she is getting that from other foods.
Full fat milk is still only 4% fat so it isn't actually that much of a difference. I would use full fat milk in cooking and if you can get away with it, only use half the amount of cheese but still use full fat if that makes sense.
Thanks for your replies. It is mainly about the milk as I've never looked for low-fat cheese!
Nai - I never realised that full fat means 4% fat. When I read that it makes me less concerned about my husband and I drinking it. It will only be used in cooking, as neither of us drink it, so I'm sure we will manage
The only reason we haven't given our son dairy products yet is that I had an intolerance to them as a child, so I figured he wouldn't be missing much (still fully breastfed) if we delayed introducing them until he's a year old.
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