The history and marketing of fortified infant formula
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The Economist
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A brief historical overview of baby formula development, from the 1865 Prussian invention of a cow's milk-based "soup for infants" to modern FDA regulations requiring minimum levels of 30 nutrients. The article questions whether fortified infant formula lives up to marketing claims.
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· 2 pulledBABY MILK has come a long way since a patented 'soup for infants' made with cow's milk, potassium bicarbonate, and wheat and malt flour was introduced in Prussia in 1865.
Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an American regulator, requires baby formulas to have minimum levels of 30 nutrients including iron, iodine and vitamin D.
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