Palm Oil in baby formula

[awkwardpenguin]

Kirkland formula advertises that it is the only store brand formula that doesn't contain palm olein from palm oil and claims it's better for calcium absorption.  I'd never heard of this issue so I looked it up and found this article:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12728082

The finding is that babies fed formula with palm olein (Enfamil) had lower bone mineralization and lower bone density than those fed formula that uses a different oil blend (Similac).

It seems that Similac and Kirkland don't use palm olein but most other formulas (Enfamil, Up and Up, Parent's Choice) do contain it.

I doubt it's a huge deal (I don't understand bone density stuff enough to know if the differences in the article are enough to matter in real life), but I do think I'm going to switch DD to Kirkland just in case.  It's actually cheaper than Up and Up so win win I guess.

[rikki]

Stir it. Do not shake! It gets so many bubbles if you shake it!

[feistypants]

So does Similac. I wonder if it's the different oil that makes it foam up.

[spankswife]

I can't keep up.

Enfamil has (or at least used to) more dha than similac. So I now I have to pick be brains and bones. Ugh. DD was fed enfamil. DS is combo fed. I feel like it's so hard to just feed your baby.

[isabel]

Well fuck. DS was EBF until 9.5 months. I only plan to continue formula until he's a year. I've been buying enfamil and just stocked up at Costco. Should I switch it out? Or is it not much of a concern since I'm only using it for a couple of months?

[turtlegirl]

Another win for Kirkland products, I guess. I've never heard of this before, but we've always been a Similac or Kirkland brand formula house.

[awkwardpenguin]

isabel, I probably wouldn't worry about it since he's older. If you're worried though, Costco will accept returns on anything.

spankswife, I agree, I just want to feed my baby.

[isabel]

Feb 15, 2016 7:07:53 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

isabel, I probably wouldn't worry about it since he's older. If you're worried though, Costco will accept returns on anything.

spankswife, I agree, I just want to feed my baby.

Yeah, I think I'm going to switch it out today. Blah. I just bought them, so the packages aren't open. Just inconvenient. I bet the Kirkland stuff is cheaper though, so that's a bonus.