Is European Formula Superior?

[Anonymous]

Frenchwoman here.

First, Europe has very stringent rules about chemicals in baby products. The FDA is far behind the EU on that.

Second, BEWARE! If you buy formula on the internet, it might be a recalled batch. A French company recently had contamination issues in its baby formula, and pulled a ton of products out of precaution. Stay informed.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I used HIPP and got it from formuland.com. Cleaner and healthier than any US formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, everything European is superior.

Born and raised in Switzerland and disagree with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The question is whether those EU controls are based in science or pseudoscience.

I don’t believe the GMO woo so US formula is fine for my three headed babies and I can put the money I save in their 529s.

Me too, but I used the extra money to put french fries in their bottles.

Well those are are European too, so it’s superior nutrition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think so, but the fact that they aren't available on Amazon made it not worth it for me.

Give it a while and the counterfeits will be on Amazon

[Anonymous]

All joking and defensiveness aside - yes, European formulas are superior. My older son was put on Nutramigen and no food-product on earth ever smelled worse. It was expensive and all cornstarch based. With my second child, I sis a lot of research and found that Holle and HIPP are far superior to anything made in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We use Lebenswert and it is superior when it comes to the ingredients. Americans formula often has corn syrup as the first ( and main) ingredient. That’s a total red flag. Then you have synthetic sugars, preservatives, and vitamins added into it. I didn’t want to feed my child that stuff. We go through a U.S. While it’s a little more experience ( formula feeding is in general), is an investment in his health. Adults wouldn’t regularly eat that stuff so why feed it to a new baby? All to save a couple of bucks. Not to mention those formula cans often still contain BPA. Europe has stricter FDA standards. Look at the whole Johnson and Johnson’s baby wash scandal. The product contained carcinogens, causing Europe and Japan to ban the products, while still the U.S. continued to sell the products. Im not saying all U.S. products are bad, but I do believe American formula is not as healthy as the European brands.

Gosh, it's hard to take you seriously when you write this.

https://abbottnutrition.com/similac-pro-advance

https://organicstart.com/lebenswert/stage-1/info

Pp here. We were going to use Enfamil Gentleease but the first ingredient listed is “Corn Syrup solids”. If not the first ingredient, most still contain it. It’s basiclsly just loading up your bad with processed sugar.

Again - I’m looking at the label for my organic formula and do not see corn syrup solids. Its lactose, milk, etc. I would not buy formula over the internet from some place I didn’t know or something not approved for sale in the US regardless of whether it’s theoretically “cleaner.” What does “cleaner” even mean? I’m so tired of being made to feel like US formula is bad or hurting my baby or full of evil chemicals. I mean what about the mom who eats a diet of processed food from BPA lines cans and lives in a house full of new off gassing furniture and artificial fragrances and commutes to work each day inhaling DC pollution? Is none of that in her breast milk? As someone said, how do you know what you are buying from some random internet shop is legit? Are you all tracking European recalls in the event something like the recent issue in france happens? At least if you buy a US formula at Target for instance you know it’s approved for sale, probably has been handled properly and will hear about a problem if one arises. Gosh does it really have to be this hard to feed a baby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We use Lebenswert and it is superior when it comes to the ingredients. Americans formula often has corn syrup as the first ( and main) ingredient. That’s a total red flag. Then you have synthetic sugars, preservatives, and vitamins added into it. I didn’t want to feed my child that stuff. We go through a U.S. While it’s a little more experience ( formula feeding is in general), is an investment in his health. Adults wouldn’t regularly eat that stuff so why feed it to a new baby? All to save a couple of bucks. Not to mention those formula cans often still contain BPA. Europe has stricter FDA standards. Look at the whole Johnson and Johnson’s baby wash scandal. The product contained carcinogens, causing Europe and Japan to ban the products, while still the U.S. continued to sell the products. Im not saying all U.S. products are bad, but I do believe American formula is not as healthy as the European brands.

Gosh, it's hard to take you seriously when you write this.

https://abbottnutrition.com/similac-pro-advance

https://organicstart.com/lebenswert/stage-1/info

Pp here. We were going to use Enfamil Gentleease but the first ingredient listed is “Corn Syrup solids”. If not the first ingredient, most still contain it. It’s basiclsly just loading up your bad with processed sugar.

Again - I’m looking at the label for my organic formula and do not see corn syrup solids. Its lactose, milk, etc. I would not buy formula over the internet from some place I didn’t know or something not approved for sale in the US regardless of whether it’s theoretically “cleaner.” What does “cleaner” even mean? I’m so tired of being made to feel like US formula is bad or hurting my baby or full of evil chemicals. I mean what about the mom who eats a diet of processed food from BPA lines cans and lives in a house full of new off gassing furniture and artificial fragrances and commutes to work each day inhaling DC pollution? Is none of that in her breast milk? As someone said, how do you know what you are buying from some random internet shop is legit? Are you all tracking European recalls in the event something like the recent issue in france happens? At least if you buy a US formula at Target for instance you know it’s approved for sale, probably has been handled properly and will hear about a problem if one arises. Gosh does it really have to be this hard to feed a baby?

Welcome to DCUM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All joking and defensiveness aside - yes, European formulas are superior. My older son was put on Nutramigen and no food-product on earth ever smelled worse. It was expensive and all cornstarch based. With my second child, I sis a lot of research and found that Holle and HIPP are far superior to anything made in the US.

Nutramigen has proteins that are broken down to help digestion for babies with allergies. That is why it smells bad, nothing is wrong with it.

[Anonymous]

What about Baby's Only formula? I haven't been in the game for a couple of years --- but I recall it is better than the rest of the US brands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Baby's Only formula? I haven't been in the game for a couple of years --- but I recall it is better than the rest of the US brands.

You can buy it off the shelf, from a store, instead of online. It must be inferior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We use Lebenswert and it is superior when it comes to the ingredients. Americans formula often has corn syrup as the first ( and main) ingredient. That’s a total red flag. Then you have synthetic sugars, preservatives, and vitamins added into it. I didn’t want to feed my child that stuff. We go through a U.S. While it’s a little more experience ( formula feeding is in general), is an investment in his health. Adults wouldn’t regularly eat that stuff so why feed it to a new baby? All to save a couple of bucks. Not to mention those formula cans often still contain BPA. Europe has stricter FDA standards. Look at the whole Johnson and Johnson’s baby wash scandal. The product contained carcinogens, causing Europe and Japan to ban the products, while still the U.S. continued to sell the products. Im not saying all U.S. products are bad, but I do believe American formula is not as healthy as the European brands.

Gosh, it's hard to take you seriously when you write this.

https://abbottnutrition.com/similac-pro-advance

https://organicstart.com/lebenswert/stage-1/info

Pp here. We were going to use Enfamil Gentleease but the first ingredient listed is “Corn Syrup solids”. If not the first ingredient, most still contain it. It’s basiclsly just loading up your bad with processed sugar.

Again - I’m looking at the label for my organic formula and do not see corn syrup solids. Its lactose, milk, etc. I would not buy formula over the internet from some place I didn’t know or something not approved for sale in the US regardless of whether it’s theoretically “cleaner.” What does “cleaner” even mean? I’m so tired of being made to feel like US formula is bad or hurting my baby or full of evil chemicals. I mean what about the mom who eats a diet of processed food from BPA lines cans and lives in a house full of new off gassing furniture and artificial fragrances and commutes to work each day inhaling DC pollution? Is none of that in her breast milk? As someone said, how do you know what you are buying from some random internet shop is legit? Are you all tracking European recalls in the event something like the recent issue in france happens? At least if you buy a US formula at Target for instance you know it’s approved for sale, probably has been handled properly and will hear about a problem if one arises. Gosh does it really have to be this hard to feed a baby?

Welcome to DCUM!

That post seems reasonable to me. Perhaps a little hyper vigilant, but that's not crazy and being wary of things purchased off the internet isn't crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All joking and defensiveness aside - yes, European formulas are superior. My older son was put on Nutramigen and no food-product on earth ever smelled worse. It was expensive and all cornstarch based. With my second child, I sis a lot of research and found that Holle and HIPP are far superior to anything made in the US.

Dude. Nutramigen is a hypoallergenic formula for children with milk allergies. Totally different from milk formulas (European AND American).

[Anonymous]

For those of you blathering about corn syrup: what form of sugar do you think is better, and why? cow milk based baby formula MUST have some form of sugar added because cow milk has less sugar than breast milk.

Please link to peer-reviewed journal articles.

[Anonymous]

I cannot even tell you how many Enfamils we bought from Target, Giant and CVs that hard curd up. Even the package sent from Enfamil was bad. Poored them all out, took pictures, returned to store, returned to Enfamil. Panicking at times just to find formula. DC didn't like the powder.
Superior indeed.
Similac had corn syrup written all over it, so we went with Enfamil. Hard to find fresh even from stores.