The "2021 China Dairy Merchant Index Report" is released

News from this newspaper (Reporter Wang Wei) On May 27th, on the eve of World Milk Day on June 1st, China Dairy Industry Association, China Association for the Promotion of International Healthcare and Healthcare, and Royal FrieslandCampina of the Netherlands jointly released the "2021 China Dairy Merchants Index".

According to reports, the concept of Milk Quotient was first proposed in 2018 to evaluate the ability of Chinese people to correctly understand and consume dairy products, and to reflect the level of national health literacy

Wang Longde expressed high recognition for this "report card" of "hardening a sword in four years" and realizing the improvement of behavior

Public 'drinking milk' scores consistently fail

The survey shows that from 2018 to 2021, the public's milk drinking awareness score is above 80 points, but the scores of milk drinking knowledge and milk drinking behavior have always failed

Regarding the problems reflected in the survey, Song Kungang believes, "The 2021 China Dairy Merchant Index reflects that the development of China's dairy industry is facing opportunities and challenges, and there is still a gap between China's per capita consumption of dairy products and the world's largest dairy consumer

Lai Jianqiang believes that "milk is an important part of our daily diet and is of great value to enhance immunity and maintain health"

The milk business index of the elderly is declining year by year

China's population is aging gradually

In this regard, Dou Pan, deputy director of the Clinical Nutrition Department of Peking University First Hospital, said: "Dairy products contain rich and easily absorbed nutrients and calcium, which can help reduce the probability of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Increased awareness of the immune-boosting effects of lactoferrin

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has promoted the public's attention to nutrition and health, reasonable diet, and improving immunity

Chen Wei, executive director of the China Association for the Promotion of International Exchanges in Health Care and deputy director of the Clinical Nutrition Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, shared his views on improving immunity and cultivating the habit of drinking milk

As the supporter of the dairy business project, Yang Guochao, senior vice president of FrieslandCampina China, said that the survey will continue to be carried out on the Chinese dairy business index to provide a practical basis for promoting the development of China's dairy industry and safeguarding national health

　　At the meeting, all parties also jointly issued the "Citizens' Healthy Life Pact", calling on the public to wash their hands frequently, wear masks, exercise, drink more milk, cultivate healthy living habits, and jointly build immunity during the period of normalized prevention and control of the epidemic.

"China Food News" (Version 04, June 1, 2021)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)