Here at McQueens we pride ourselves in offering a quality and healthy selection of products to our customers.
After months of research and successful trials, we are delighted to be introducing a new core product, ready for doorstep delivery - Vitamin D Enriched Milk!
Perfect for children and adult alike, there is a whole host of benefits to adding Vitamin D directly into your daily diet (which we'll go into below if you're not clued up!)
To make things even easier, we're making it available for the same great price as our regular milk, with two litre whole and semi-skimmed milk now available for doorstep delivery!
Why vitamin D?
Most of our vitamin D comes straight from sunlight. When we go outside vitamin D is made under your skin, with the amount produced dependant on how strong the sunlight is.
However in the UK where there can be limited sunshine, especially in winter, vitamin D deficiency can occur.
With children from the age of 1 year all the way up to adults needing 10 micro-grams of vitamin D per day, and babies up to the age of 1 year need 8.5 to 10 micro-grams of vitamin D per day - it is important to ensure we all get the right amount of vitamin D.
Plus, making sure we have enough vitamin D helps with lots, including:
- Helping control the amount of calcium we absorb, making it important for maintaining strong bones.
- Plays a role in maintaining normal teeth and muscle function.
- Reduces the risk of falling associated with postural instability and muscle weakness.
- Contributes to the normal functioning of the immune system and the inflammatory response.
- Needed for normal growth and development of bones in children as well as the normal functioning of their immune system.
That means each glass...
A 250ml glass of McQueens Vitamin D enriched milk will give you around 50% of your recommended daily reference intake! [Note: 100ml = 2.2 µg (2.2 micrograms)].
This means that on-top of all of the usual benefits of milk, like being a fantastic source of calcium (whole milk – 122mg/100ml & Semi-skimmed milk – 124mg/100ml). You will be ensuring that no matter the weather or your time outside, you’ll be topped up on your Vitamin D essentials.
