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Last 50 years have brought regarding the most substantial progression in bettering the composition of mother’s milk substitutes ever made in history. In this 21st century, infant formula makers have continued to carry out attempts to manufacture better breast milk than ever before. Efforts to distinguish and replicate helpful trace elements, and to conduct important exploration when it comes to the addition of immune active ingredients and enzymes that will make formula productions even better, are presently underneath way. But for the main time, here are numerous already existent formulas which have good nutritious values.
Cow Milk Based Formulas
Characteristics
• Standard formula employed when breast feeding is not adopted or is stopped before one year of age.
• Designed to mimic breast milk composition. Breast milk is approximately 60% whey and 40% casein, Cow’s milk is 8% casein and 20% whey.
• Formulas integrate at least 50% more protein/dL than breast milk (1.5g/100cc).
• Formulas provide suitable intake of necessary nutrients: iron and linoleic acid.
• Carnitine and taurine are added to most ordinary formulas
• Nucleotides are added to Enfamil and Similac.
Cow-Milk Based Composition
• 20 calories/ounce standard dilution
• Protein is ideally whey-predominantly (similar to breast milk).
• Carbohydrate is lactose (except in Lacto-free Formula).
• Fat is a mixture of vegetable Oil (LCT)
• Approximately 32 ounces of frequent formula per day will meet 100% of RDA for vitamins and solid homogeneous inorgani substances for term infants.
• If Infants are only fed ready to feed dormula, fluoride supplement of 0.25mg/day is necessary to meet the RDA based on American Academy of Pediatric guidelines.
Available Brands of Cow Milk Based Formulas
• Enfamil with Iron (or low-iron) (Mead Johnsom)
• Similac with Iron (or low-iron) (Ross)
• Gerber
• Good start out (Carnation formula with 100% whey as protein).
• Similac PM 60/40 (has decreased calcium, phosphorus and potassium content: Often employed in renal patients). (Ross).
• Lactose-free (Mead Johnson) Cow-Milk protein, but lactose-free.
Soy-Based Formulas
Indication for use
• Vegetarians
• IgE mediated reaction to cow’s milk protein
• Lactose Intolerance or Galactosemia
• Refeeding after chronic diarrhea (lactose-free)
Characteristics:
• Increased proteins content than cow milk based formulas, since using plant source for protein (2.2g/dL).
• Increased vitamin and solid homogeneous inorgani substance content to recompense for solid homogeneous inorgani substance antagonists, such as phytates.
• Additional methionine added to formula to assure a “complete” protein.
• Taurine and cystein added.
• Sweeter taste than cow-milk based and lower cost.
Composition
• 20 calories/ounce popular dilution
• Protein: soy protein with added methionine
• Carbohydrate:Sucrose, corn syrup solids, tapioca starch
• Fat: Blend of vegetable oils
Available Brands of Soy Formulas
• Prosobee
• Isomil
• Isoyalac
Casein Hydrolysate Formulas
Indication for use
• Milk protein or soy protein allergy
• Complicated gastrointestinal disorders
• Colic
• Feeding intolerance to cow milk or soy formulas
Characteristics
• Poor taste and expensive
• Not commended for long term use in preterm infants due to highly inadequate vitamin and solid homogeneous inorgani substance content and protein source may be difficult to metabolize
• Alimentum is only available in ready to feed.
• Pregestimil is only available as a powder for the sonsumer, but is available in a great deal of hospitals as 20 X 24 calorie/oz ready to feed.
• Nutramigen is available in liquid concentrate and powder to the consumer, but is available as ready to feed in the hospital setting.
Available Brands
• Nutramigen
• Pregestimil
• Alimentum
Composition
• Protein: Casein hydrolysate (small peptide considered to be hypoallergenic)
• Carbohydrate: Modified tapioca starch and glucose Oligosaccharides.
• Fat: approximately 50% of fat is MCT oil in Alimantum and pregestimil, and 100% of fat is corn oil in Nutramigen.
Gerber Good Start Gentle Powder Photo
Gerber Good Start Gentle Powder Picture
Gerber Good Start Gentle Powder Photo
Gerber Good Start Gentle Powder Photo
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