best UK baby formula?

babyfenway · Apr 5th, 2012, 14:15 PM

Hello!!! I am going to be formula feeding my son but I have no idea what brand to go for?? Was wondering what peoples recommendations were and how many tins they went through a week with their newborns?

Frooty · Apr 5th, 2012, 14:40 PM

I'd say aptimil and u go through roughly a tin a week cus they are drinking quite a bit of milk

cherryglitter · Apr 5th, 2012, 15:23 PM

we use a tin a week and i don't think there's a best to be honest.
different formulas affect babies differently. what works for one might not work for another.

with my son we used apatamil - ended up on apatamil comfort.
we're using cow and gate this time and have had no issues.

Zinky · Apr 5th, 2012, 15:37 PM

Cow & Gate here and no issues whatsoever. You will probably go through a tub a week to begin with. My LO is a big drinker and we go through a tub every 5 days.

summer rain · Apr 5th, 2012, 21:11 PM

All UK formulas have roughly the same basic ingredients and any additional ones; are not medically necessary though all the companies make various health claims about their product in order to market them. You can use any formula on sale in the UK and be assured it is nutritionally complete for your baby and will be giving them all the nutrients needed for healthy growth and development. My eldest was so horribly sick on aptamil when he was in special care that he nearly choked, we now know he had reflux and the larger quantities of fish oils in aptamil can cause problems for some reflux babies, so with my other son who was FF we never even tried him on aptamil anything xx

skunkpixie · Apr 6th, 2012, 02:46 AM

Summer rain I dont know if you have any knowledge about this but I thought I would ask you anyway! We are considering using Hipp formula with the next baby as I wanted to use it forst time round, but they didnt do the little hospital bottles of it, well now they do! Anyway, Hipp is the only UK formula not to contain nucleotides. I researched a bit about nucleotides and they seep to be very improtant and have been added to all japanese formula since the 70s, so I was wondering do you think a baby would be losing out if they were given a formula not containing nucleotides? xx

summer rain · Apr 6th, 2012, 08:46 AM

No they wouldn't be losing out, nucleotides from my understanding are produced in the body from other nutrients and infant formula based on cows milk does contain some naturally, the benefits of adding them artificially are debatable, in most countries nucleotides have only been added to formula pretty recently and a lot of formulas on sale in the US still don't contain them. From what I have read studies have shown weight gain and head growth is faster in the first few weeks for those babies fed a nucleotide fortified formula but it isn't known yet if this means greater cognitive ability in those babies. If nucleotides were absolutely essential I believe the government would make it law that they must be in the formula Xx

skunkpixie · Apr 7th, 2012, 06:54 AM

Thanks for the info! Ive still got ages to think on it anyway. Still unsure if I will BF, FF, what formula, what bottles, its a mind field lol xx

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Frooty Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 2,567	I'd say aptimil and u go through roughly a tin a week cus they are drinking quite a bit of milk

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Apr 5th, 2012, 15:23 PM	#3
cherryglitter Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 13,642	we use a tin a week and i don't think there's a best to be honest. different formulas affect babies differently. what works for one might not work for another. with my son we used apatamil - ended up on apatamil comfort. we're using cow and gate this time and have had no issues.

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Apr 5th, 2012, 15:37 PM	#4
Zinky Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Posts: 312	Cow & Gate here and no issues whatsoever. You will probably go through a tub a week to begin with. My LO is a big drinker and we go through a tub every 5 days.

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summer rain Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East England Posts: 16,394	All UK formulas have roughly the same basic ingredients and any additional ones; are not medically necessary though all the companies make various health claims about their product in order to market them. You can use any formula on sale in the UK and be assured it is nutritionally complete for your baby and will be giving them all the nutrients needed for healthy growth and development. My eldest was so horribly sick on aptamil when he was in special care that he nearly choked, we now know he had reflux and the larger quantities of fish oils in aptamil can cause problems for some reflux babies, so with my other son who was FF we never even tried him on aptamil anything xx

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Apr 6th, 2012, 02:46 AM	#6
skunkpixie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,037	Summer rain I dont know if you have any knowledge about this but I thought I would ask you anyway! We are considering using Hipp formula with the next baby as I wanted to use it forst time round, but they didnt do the little hospital bottles of it, well now they do! Anyway, Hipp is the only UK formula not to contain nucleotides. I researched a bit about nucleotides and they seep to be very improtant and have been added to all japanese formula since the 70s, so I was wondering do you think a baby would be losing out if they were given a formula not containing nucleotides? xx

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Apr 6th, 2012, 08:46 AM	#7
summer rain Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East England Posts: 16,394	No they wouldn't be losing out, nucleotides from my understanding are produced in the body from other nutrients and infant formula based on cows milk does contain some naturally, the benefits of adding them artificially are debatable, in most countries nucleotides have only been added to formula pretty recently and a lot of formulas on sale in the US still don't contain them. From what I have read studies have shown weight gain and head growth is faster in the first few weeks for those babies fed a nucleotide fortified formula but it isn't known yet if this means greater cognitive ability in those babies. If nucleotides were absolutely essential I believe the government would make it law that they must be in the formula Xx

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Apr 7th, 2012, 06:54 AM	#8
skunkpixie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,037	Thanks for the info! Ive still got ages to think on it anyway. Still unsure if I will BF, FF, what formula, what bottles, its a mind field lol xx

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