People learned to produce butter many hundreds of years ago. As you know, the nomads were the first to receive it, and this happened quite by accident. Due to the constant shaking during movement, milk, poured into containers and suspended from the sides of the horses, turned into butter. Since then, this product has become indispensable, loved by almost all people. Previously, butter was prepared at home from their milk, and there was no reason to worry about its quality: you won’t do anything bad for yourself. Now on the food market there are many companies involved in the production of dairy products, about one of them we will talk today.
Ekomilk
Trading house specializes in the manufacture of dairy products. As you know, milk is an indispensable product for high-grade baby food and all people who monitor their health. According to the manufacturer, all products in the line are made from high quality raw materials using traditional technology. They do not contain dyes, artificial additives and vegetable fats. The lineup is represented by the following products:
- milkshakes;
- pasteurized milk (3.5 and 2.5%);
- sterilized milk (1.5; 2.5 and 3.2%);
- ultra-pasteurized milk (2.5 and 3.2%);
- sour cream (15, 20 and 30%);
- Ekomilk butter (82.5; 80 and 72.5%);
Today we will consider oil from the presented line. But before you “open the package”, I want to know about the manufacturer. Should I trust him?
Ekomilk oil: producer
The company was established in 1999, and for eighteen years it has been successfully engaged in the production and sale of milk and dairy products. Until 2012, the company was called "Dairy Product". After the transformation of production and retail space, both the name and corporate identity changed. One thing remained unchanged - the high quality of manufactured products. The trading house on exclusive terms cooperates with such large trading floors as the Nalchinsky Dairy Plant and the Ozersky Dairy Plant. In addition, it places orders at large Belarusian factories engaged in the production of similar products - these are Grandma’s Krynka and Bobruisk Milk.
Production facilities of the company are equipped with modern equipment of German, French and Italian production.
Ekomilk (butter) is the leader in sales in Russia. Importantly, the brand has many awards and diplomas of international and domestic exhibitions of dairy products.
Oil classification
Many people before buying butter do not pay attention to what is written on the package, and sometimes after their test they conclude that this is not a real creamy product at all, but a spread or even margarine. Why could this happen? How is oil classified by taste?
Firstly, it is necessary to pay attention to what type of product the product belongs to: salty or unsalted. Most often, salt oil is mistaken for margarine. It can also be sweet creamy (made from fresh cream) or sour cream (made from fermented raw materials, has specific taste and color). As a rule, the latter can also be mistaken for an unnatural product made from cheap raw materials of plant origin. Salted and sour butter are made for lovers, most people still prefer the traditional creamy, sweet taste of butter.
Fat
Ekomilk butter, like other dairy products, is divided into groups depending on the percentage of fat:
- tea (50%);
- sandwich (61%);
- peasant (72.5);
- amateur oil (80%);
- traditional (82.5%).
Ekomilk’s butter, like all similar products, has a high calorie content. So, in a traditional oil with 82.5% fat content per hundred grams of 748 kilocalories. But in it there are practically no carbohydrates - only 0.8 g, so it is ideal for those people who are losing weight on the Kremlin diet system (carbohydrate-free nutrition).
Structure
According to the manufacturer, the Ekomilk oil is made from cow's milk and pasteurized cream. Also, its composition may contain additional ingredients:
- skim and milk powder;
- buttermilk (secondary raw materials);
- sourdough (bacteria and milk microorganisms);
- dye;
- salt.
Carotene and various acids do not exceed the requirements of GOST. Ekomilk oil is also saturated with vitamins, there are groups A, E and D. Their quantity is regulated by GOST and checked in the laboratories of the manufacturer.
The benefits of butter
We all know about the benefits of dairy and sour-milk products and that they are necessary daily for proper nutrition, health and development of the body. Natural butter is no exception. With moderate consumption, many ailments can be avoided. Here's how it affects the body:
- strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
- improves the condition of the skin and hair;
- participates in cell renewal;
- contributes to improved brain function;
- affects the strengthening of the immune system;
- activates the growth of beneficial bacteria in the microflora of the digestive tract.
But only a real product brings such benefits, margarine and spread (vegetable product) negatively affect all organs. To know for sure that butter is purchased, and not a substitute from cheap raw materials, carefully study the composition before buying, you can read the correct one in this article above. But that's not all. There are unscrupulous manufacturers who declare the wrong composition on the packaging or write it so finely (sometimes in black letters on a dark blue background) that it is impossible to make out without a special magnifier. Therefore, when you come home, try out the product using the proven method - put a small piece on the pan, turn on a slow fire. Real oil will begin to melt quickly. Margarine or spread will slowly melt, turning into a thick mixture with an unpleasant odor.
Ekomilk: points of sale and cost
Now almost all families use supermarket services to replenish food supplies. In the networks "Lenta", "Dixy", "Crossroads", "Auchan", "Pyaterochka", "Carousel", "Hyperglobus", "OKEY", "Seventh Continent" and many others you can buy Ekomilk oil. The price of a product for a standard package of 180 grams ranges from 100 to 170 rubles, depending on the fat content. It is worth noting that real oil cannot cost much cheaper.
Ekomilk oil: reviews
This product is popular, and there are practically no negative comments in its direction. They write that Ekomilk oil tastes pleasant, creamy-sweet. Consumers call it the benchmark for the production of this product. People are satisfied with the smell, color, taste, price and packaging of the product.
However, it is worth noting that visitors to the site of Rospotrebnadzor found on its pages the results of studies of Ekomilk oil by an independent laboratory. The test result says that it contains vegetable fat, which should not be in this product. The manufacturer decided to remain silent about such "trifles" without marking this ingredient in the composition.