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04/05/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Estrogen-like compounds in soy-based baby formula found to cause changes in reproductive health

Parents might give their infants soy-based formula because of a lactose intolerance, milk allergies, or other feeding problems, but a new study shows this could be a case of trading one problem for another. According to research that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, infants who consume soy-based formula undergo changes […]

03/11/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Nestle called out for false health claims and deceptive marketing of its infant formula

The baby formula market is worth over $47 billion a year and is expected to increase by a further 50 percent in the next three years. Of the four biggest companies raking in most of these profits – Nestlé, Danone, Mead Johnson Nutrition and Abbott – Nestlé takes the lion’s share of the spoils, with […]

02/22/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Baby formula salmonella scandal in France exposes gaps in regulation and corporate responsibility

A baby formula scandal continues to rock France to its core: the French dairy group, Lactalis, has issued a worldwide recall of its powdered milk products due to some of them being contaminated with salmonella. At least 7,000 tons of Lactalis products have been pulled from over 80 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Despite […]

02/15/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Nestle accused of using JUNK SCIENCE to market infant formula products to gullible women

Swiss food giant Nestle is coming under fire for misleading consumers using nutritional claims regarding its infant formulas. A report by the Dutch group Changing Markets Foundation and Globalization Monitor that investigated the way Nestle markets infant formula around the world found that their health claims regarding nutrition and ingredients were based on marketing strategies […]

01/24/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Infant formula with prebiotics could enhance brain chemistry, improve learning and memory

A team from the University of Illinois concluded that prebiotics added to infant formula can improve memory and brain development in babies. Their research, which was published in Nutritional Neuroscience, explained how dietary polydextrose and galactooligosaccharide can increase exploratory behavior, recognition memory, and neurochemistry in young pigs. Polydextrose (PDX) is a synthetic carbohydrate with prebiotic […]

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