Infant Formula Content

Making Human Breast Milk Sugars in Plants

Andy Fell — June 13, 2024 - 11:17am

About three in four babies worldwide drink infant formula in the first six months of life, either as their sole source of nutrition or as a supplement to breastfeeding. But while formula provides an essential food for growing babies, it currently does not replicate the full nutritional profile of breast milk.

Infant Health Suffered During Baby Formula Shortage

Amy M Quinton — March 07, 2024 - 11:01am

A survey by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis researchers shows the U.S. baby formula shortage in 2022 led 81% of parents to switch brands or types, causing health effects for babies.

Unsafe Feeding Methods Spiked During Infant Formula Shortage

Amy M Quinton — June 27, 2023 - 2:41pm

A 51�ԹϺ�� Davis survey finds nearly half of parents who rely on formula for their babies resorted to potentially harmful feeding methods during the infant formula shortage.

Breast Milk or Formula: Are Marketing Efforts Affecting This Choice?

Karen Michele Nikos — April 17, 2023 - 12:00pm

Despite proven benefits, less than half of infants and young children globally are breastfed. Research points to infant formula marketing.

Milk protein comparison unveils nutritional gems for developing babies

IET WebDev — March 16, 2015 - 10:15am

Human babies appear to need more of a nutritional boost from breast-milk proteins than do infants of one of their closest primate relatives, suggests a study comparing human milk with the milk of rhesus macaque monkeys.

The research team, led by the University of California, Davis, came to this conclusion after developing a new technique for comparing the proteome — all detectable proteins — of human milk with the proteome of the rhesus macaque monkey.