It’s been a very great day!
How ‘bout a cup of your favorite coffee or tea?
What a great way to perk up your morning just by admiring
and savoring those creamy and dreamy swirls on your cup? Swirls that looks like a wonderful work of
art inside your cup swaying on top of your favorite morning beverage. Swirls that can make a smile on your face and
spark up an inspiration for you today.
But many coffee and tea lovers cannot drink up without
having a swirl or tip in dashes of that white creamery powder on top of their
favorite drink. But many does not really
know the mystery behind those bewitching swirls and was more fascinated by the
looks and the perky-like taste it brings to its partner beverage making it
inseparable and routine to go almost every time you indulge in them.
Why non-dairy?
You probably have lactose intolerance or a practicing Vegan
that made you choose a non-dairy creamer to go with your coffee. Lactose is a type of sugar normally found in
milk that the body normally cannot digest easily. And if you are a Vegan, its basic that
non-dairy creamer will not go against your conviction of abhorring products and
food ingredients that do not come from an animal killed to extract the food you
are about to eat .
Dairy-free you say?
But do you know those
so called ‘non-dairy’ creamer are not really what they seem to be. The milky and swirly texture effects of most
coffee creamers are due to the milkfat or the so called sodium caseinate protein contained
in them derived from the mammary glands of milking cows. Other common flavor additives include corn syrup,
vanilla and hazelnut.
What can go bad?
Creamy creamer? Think again!
Some non-dairy creamers claims a haven of cream comparable to the
likeness of real milk in taste and texture once added to your beverage. But this isn’t always the case. The truth is dairy milk is the original and
non-dairy creamer is just actually an oxymoron to mimic the real and original. Vegetable oils like palm or coconut oils were
improved to mimic the creamy milky look and the somewhat degree of
flavors. But almost everyone can tell
the obvious difference no matter what.
Add-ons to mimic the
taste and consistency. Additives
like food flavors and food colors go into the commercial products to mimic
dairy-like closeness. And to top it all,
even labels got creative dressing to go with the marketing and advertising of
the product. Product labels such as
coffee whiteners, coffee enhancer, organic, etc. camouflage the additives
description as part of the commercialism campaigns.
Calorie count
boosters. If you’re coffee addict
and on a diet, drinking black coffee may count as an almost no calorie drink
habit but if you put on non-dairy creamer as an add-on, the counter reverts
back the fat and calorie reading. If
you’re used calculating your caloric intake, you will surely find out the risk
on the serving portions of your regular indulgence by just the mere look on the
table of ingredients on the label of the product. Be careful not to fall on the pit of those
calorie booster creamers.
Watch out for bad
cholesterol inhibitors. Low-density
lipoprotein (LDL) or trans-fatty acids are bad cholesterol from unsaturated
fats like the ones coming from industrially produced vegetable fats. Over the limit consumption can lead to the
risk of serious diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Ideally, one should not consume no more than
2 grams in a day. Again, examining the
label of your creamer can greatly help your risk of letting these synthetic
additives and harmful inhibitors in your body.
Fireball
in your creamer. Did you know that the popular TV program Mythbusters
who once experimented on the Mentos-Diet Coke combination, also did a similar
explosive demonstration using powdered non-dairy creamer as an ignition
medium? Watched the video below, as a
large packed powdered creamer was put into cannon and created a massive fireball. Don’t
worry though if you are just on the small spoonful habit.
It
may be bad news for people who have lactose intolerance to cream their coffee
and tea with real dairy milk, but best is not to put those white snow-like
powders at all and savor the rich flavor of real coffee or tea. Equally important is making the habit of
reading the label of whatever food products you will eat and keep away from
substance and ingredients that could be explosively risky to your health. Be aware and be healthy safe in your everyday
food indulgence for a better wellbeing.
Creamer
Cannon
