Formula Milk

Codex sets global standards for child formula: Industry body calls for EU adoption

15-Feb-2024 By Nikki Hancocks

Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE) has welcomed the Codex publication of global rules for young child formula and is demanding a timely adoption by the European Union.

UK supermarkets match Danone’s Aptamil baby formula price cuts

19-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

Following a recent investigation into soaring infant formula prices, global food company Danone has reduced the wholesale price of its Aptamil infant formula by 7%, and major UK retailers have passed the cost savings on to consumers.

Second WHO report identifies formula firms’ social media use in targeting mums-to-be

05-May-2022 By Will Chu

A World Health Organization (WHO) report claims that pregnant women and mothers are being targeted online by formula milk companies with personalised social media content.

Study finds no benefit of enriched infant formula on later academic performance

12-Nov-2021 By Nikki Hancocks

Children who are given nutrient or supplement enriched formula milk as babies do not appear to have higher exam scores as adolescents than those fed with standard formula, suggests a study published by The BMJ, leading researchers to argue renewed regulation...

Educational marketing focused on nutrition could help close micronutrient gaps in ‘vulnerable’ toddlers

25-Jun-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

As children transition away from breast milk, infant formula and other milk as their primary source of nutrition to a diet more reflective of their family’s, they are increasingly vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies, according to research recently...

NutraVideo: Attorney Nair on the reasonable consumer

04-Jan-2021 By Danielle Masterson

So-called 'transition' or toddler formulas allegedly trick parents into thinking these products adhere to the same standards as infant formula, according to three separate but nearly identical class action lawsuits.

NIU’s Global Round-Up: More infant milk formulators are focusing their efforts on gut and brain health, breast milk linked to baby growth, and more

24-Feb-2020 By Danielle Masterson

What’s happened across the Nutra-verse over the past seven days? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Formula milk firms slammed over health worker links

03-May-2006 By Chris Mercer

Britain's formula milk industry has faced down a new wave of
criticism from senior paediatricians, who accused it of dodging a
ban on direct advertising by snuggling up to doctors and health
professionals.