infant formula
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manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding of infants
OverviewAI-generated
Infant formula is a food product categorized under infant formulas. Nutritional analysis indicates an energy content of 432 kcal per serving. The composition includes 21.4 grams of fat, with 8.2 grams being saturated fat. Carbohydrate content is 49.4 grams, of which 35.3 grams are sugars.
The product contains 15.8 grams of protein and 2 grams of fiber. Sodium levels are recorded at 0.89 grams of salt. According to the Nova classification system, the formula is categorized as Nova 4.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Openfoodfacts. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 13 products
- Energy
- 432 kcal
- Fat
- 21.4 g
- — of which saturates
- 8.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 49.4 g
- — of which sugars
- 35.3 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
- Protein
- 15.8 g
- Salt
- 0.89 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Research
19,637 papers- Review of Infant Feeding: Key Features of Breast Milk and Infant Formula.Nutrients · 2016
- Infant formula.American family physician · 2009
- Low-Protein Infant Formula and Obesity Risk.Nutrients · 2022
- Infant Formula Supplemented with Biotics: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives.Nutrients · 2020
- Selenium in infant formula milk.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2018
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Infant formula.jpg
- Has use
- baby bottle
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- Commons category
- Infant formula
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C81249
- hashtag
- BabyFormula
- different from
- milk substitute
- simulates
- breast milk
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Infant formula Cans of formula (brand name Nidina) as sold in Argentina Infant formula, also called baby formula, simply formula (American English), formula milk, baby milk, or infant milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or without additional water). The U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) defines infant formula as "a food which purports to be or is represented for special dietary use solely as a food for infants because it simulates human milk or its suitability as a complete or partial substitute for human milk".
The use of infant formula has been found to be associated with health risks such as type 1 and 2 diabetes, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), eczema, and more when compared to infants who are breastfed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “infant formula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.