Reviewed ingredients of similac baby formula from abbott labs
tl;dr: 98% ingredients are goyslop trifecta soy, corn syrup, seed oils. Remaining 2% are vitamins and amino acids that raw milks would have provided.
There were a few ingredients which are used in animal feeds to accelerate growth. There seems to be many compounds like this and wonder how it adds to obesity issues.
Also some oils and fatty acids which were being produced commercially by single-celled algaes, with patents owned by Wuhan labs and Cargill.
42.6% Corn Syrup Solids
14.7% Soy Protein Isolate
11.5% High Oleic Safflower Oil (seed oil)
10.1% Sugar
8.4% Soy oil
7.8% Coconut oil
2.4% Calcium Phosphate (calcium source)
= 97.5% of ingredients are goyslop
<2% of items below
Choline Chloride -** salt used in animal feeds esp. chickens where it accelerates growth**
C. Cohnii Oil - Crypthecodinium cohnii oil
Crypthecodinium cohnii is a single cell marine dinoflagellate.
Together with Schizochytrium are major commercial source of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Omega-3 fatty acid and PUFAs by Martek Biosciences
M. Alpina Oil. Mortierella alpina Oil
soil fungi, produces arachidonic acid, a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid.
Patent held by Wuhan Alking Bioengineering Co., Ltd., now a joint venture with Cargil Ltd.,
Many of the remaining items were adding vitamins, minerals, amino acids normally present in raw milks back in:
Potassium Citrate - Salt of Citric Acid
Sodium Chlroide - Salt, electrolytes
Magnesium Choride - Salt, electroytes
Ascorbic Acid - Vitamin C
L-Methionine - essential amino acid
potassium chloride - electrolytes, salt
Choline Chloride - Salt, used in animal feed for accelerated growth
Taurine - sulfur containing amino acid,
Ferrous Sulfate - Iron salt sulfuric acid
ascorbyl palmitate - fat-soluble form of vitamin C
m-inositol carbocyclic sugar that is abundant in the brain and other mammalian tissues, sugar alcohol with half the sweetness of sucrose (table sugar). It is made naturally in the human body from glucose.
zinc sulfate - zinc
Mixed tocopherol - Tocopherols are a family of compounds that together make up different forms of vitamin E.
l-carininte - Carnitine is a quaternary ammonium compound involved in metabolism in most mammals, plants, and some bacteria In support of energy metabolism, carnitine transports long-chain fatty acids.
niacinamide - vitamin B3
d-alpha-tocopheryl - Synthetic form of Vitamin E
acetate - a salt or ester of acetic acid, vinegar is 4% acetic acid, common anion in biology
calcium pantothenate - vitamin B5
cupric sulfate - trace mineral, copper
thiamine chloride - hydrochlroide salt of thiamine vitamin B1
Vitamin A - Palmitate
Riboflavin - vitamin B2
pyridoxine hydrochloride - (vitamin B6)
Beta-carotene - Beta carotene is a red-orange pigment, converted to vitamin a folic acid - Folate is a B-vitamin, used to make new cells.
potassium iodide - needed for thyroid
Thanks for posting. I've also been thinking about this. Adoption of formulas seems to correlate with obesity rates. I wonder if there's also stuff in did that hinders milk production. A lot of moms have complained about this. Maybe birth control does this. The whole uproar about formula shortages caused them to finally admit that milk was fine.
Breastmilk underproduction has been an issue since at least the late 1800's, maybe even earlier, and occurs in both Europe and America. I guess it's likely airborne pollutants. You never heard about this sort of thing before we started burning large quantities of coal and oil in the industrial revolution.
I'm also wondering what's hindering milk supply. It's a big problem that no one talks about and there's no treatment for it. All the teas, herbs, and other "tricks" do nothing. I think 40% of women eventually resort to formula, which I suppose is why there's been no research into why modern women can't make milk for their babies.
Really? All I saw was "No, your child is not a baby goat, expert pediatricians say..."
Well tbf it was more of a "8 mo. and older can use cow milk, if you have to "
That's about as close as an admittance as we'll ever get. You know how these people are, even if they get caught in a bold-faced lie, they'll just never talk about it again.