The US infant formula crisis of 2022 has brought many new European and Australian baby formulas to the US market. With new formulas, come new ingredients to understand! One ingredient that is very popular in Australia baby formulas is A2 milk. This ingredient has been in the US market already for a couple years thought not heavily marketed and may not be familiar to parents. This post is to help you make sense of this newer ingredient, which is sometimes promoted for infants with sensitive stomachs.

The infant formula shortages have families scrambling to find formula. Once a parent finds it, they don’t want any to go to waste.

This past week, I’ve answered several questions about how long it is safe to keep baby formula after it has been prepared. This reminded me to re-post an article on this topic that I was quoted in.

Maltodextrin is used in some infant formulas as a replacement for the natural milk carbohydrate lactose. In this post, we discuss some basics and tell you where to find out more.

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought grocery shortages . We will certainly all remember the toilet paper shortages of 2020! . Right now, parents are experiencing infant formula shortages, especially for the Abbott-made infant formula, Similac® Pro-Total Comfort™.

Have you seen all the headlines this week about enriched baby formula and future academic performance? You’ve been curious about exactly what is enriched baby formula. In this post, we’ll tell you about enriched formula and whether these headlines should matter to you.

Pea protein beverages are getting a lot of buzz. In this article we discuss if pea protein is safe for babies and when a baby can have a pea protein formula.

In this post, we compare European baby formula vs. American formula, and fact check and rate (the “dirty diaper test”) five common health claims about European formulas.

Baby poop comes in lots of colors. Changing formula often changes poop color. However, only a few colors mean there is a problem.

A recent FDA alert reminded me of Kyla. Homemade infant formulas are not safe. US infant formulas are.

Recently, a dietitian wrote and asked me the how hydrolyzed the milk proteins are in HiPP HA Combiotik infant formula. This savvy question is about infant formula safety. The abbreviation “HA” stands for hypoallergenic, a word that in the United States has a specific definition. Is it the same for European-made infant formulas?

SciMoms is a place parents can turn to for making evidenced-based decisions about their family. In August, Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh wrote an excellent guest post pointing out the need for parents to have not just more, but better information about infant feeding choices. Here is how she summarized the issue . . .

Postbiotics are the beneficial compounds that the probiotics make when they feed on the prebiotics. Postbiotics have specific health benefits, especially to the immune system. This past summer, researchers associated with Danone Nutricia, an infant formula company in the Netherlands, published an early-stage study using an experimental formula that contained postbiotics.