About baby food - what else you need to know

What do the 1, 2 and 3 sections of milk powder mean?

This is a product category corresponding to the age of the baby, making the product design more targeted. Generally, the first-stage milk powder is mainly aimed at infants and young children aged 0-6 months, and is mainly produced in accordance with GB 10765-2010 "National Food Safety Standard Infant Formula Food"; the second-stage milk powder is mainly aimed at older babies between 7-12 months; the third-stage milk powder is mainly for older babies 7-12 months old. Milk powder is suitable for children aged 1-3 years. Stage 2 and stage 3 milk powder are mainly produced in accordance with GB 10767-2010 "National Food Safety Standard for Formula Foods for Older Infants and Young Children".

Do you have to feed your baby milk according to the instructions on the label? What should I do if my baby doesn’t drink enough or can’t finish the drink?

The instructions on the label are determined by the company after repeated tests according to the standard requirements when designing the formula to ensure that the prepared milk powder can meet the standard requirements and the needs of the baby. Some mothers are afraid that their children will not eat enough, or in order to wake up their babies half the night before going to bed, they often make the milk powder "thick". In fact, this approach is not very good and will lead to the baby's long-term insufficient water intake; of course, being too thin is not conducive to the baby's nutrient absorption.

Generally there will be a recommended intake on the label. This is because babies vary greatly, but there's no need to feed exactly what's on the label. If your baby doesn’t drink enough, you can drink more in proportion next time; if you can’t finish it, please drink less.

Is milk powder containing DHA and AA of high quality? Why don’t some baby milk powders contain added ingredients?

In China and most countries, these substances are called "optional ingredients", which means that they can be optionally added to infant milk powder.

The reason why these substances are called optional ingredients is because they are not necessary for the human body compared with traditional nutrients such as protein, fat, various vitamins, and minerals. Adding these ingredients to milk powder may bring certain benefits to the baby, but not adding them will not cause nutritional deficiencies in the baby. Therefore, you can choose whether to buy milk powder containing these nutrients according to your economic situation.

Dozens of nutrients are listed in the nutritional label of infant milk powder. Are these all necessary for babies?

Any formula milk powder is based on breast milk as the gold standard and is designed according to the growth and development needs of the baby. The content of these nutrients should not be too little, as too little will not meet the baby's growth needs; not too much, too much will burden the baby's metabolism.

How to judge whether the milk powder your baby is eating is nutritious enough through the nutrition table on the label?

Faced with complicated labels, mothers do not know how to calculate the nutritional content of their babies’ daily intake of milk powder. my country's infant formula milk powder standards have strict requirements for the content of each nutrient. The minimum amount should basically meet the needs of children, and the maximum amount should not cause metabolic burden to children. No matter how the company's formula changes, the content of nutrients must be within the range specified by the standards. The most important thing to judge whether the nutritional intake is sufficient is to see whether the baby's development indicators are within the normal range. The growth and development of every baby cannot be exactly the same, so it is best to consult a professional at a maternal and infant institution.

my country’s standards strictly stipulate that the contents of all essential nutrients in infant formula must be clearly marked on food labels, so dozens of nutrients are listed.

Is nutritional rice noodles really nutritious?

The rice noodles that babies eat are actually the product categories specified in the "National Food Safety Standard Cereal Supplementary Foods for Infants and Young Children" (GB10769-2010).

This product is an important category when babies transition from exclusive breastfeeding to increased complementary feeding. Our country has strict requirements on the nutritional content of rice noodles for infants and young children.

In view of the common nutritional deficiencies or easy deficiencies of weaned infants in my country, the content values ??of energy, protein, fat, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B1, calcium, iron, zinc and other nutrients are stipulated in this type of products. Therefore, nutritious rice noodles are quite nutritious.