Aptamil

[BlessedMango]

Hello all,
I’m v lucky in that my mostly breast-fed baby has no issues taking a bottle. I’ve never had a lot of success with expressing, so every so often since he was a couple of weeks old he’s had a bottle of Aptamil.

As he was having so little, we’ve been buying the ready-mixed aptamil bottles, but we’re looking to switch to buying the powder and making it up ourselves.

I’ve heard that Aptamil powder changed recently and not in a good way.

Are any of you still using it? Are there any issues with it? Would we be better switching to a different brand?

[Dorabean]

We've used Aptamil and had no problems but we switched to cow and hate because it was cheaper, there doesn't seem to be any difference!

[dementedpixie]

Aptamil is one of the most expensive ones. I'd choose a cheaper one tbh. Once a tub is opened it needs using within 1 month.

[ineedwine99]

Personally preferred aldi mamia, was less frothy, we switched from Aptamil at around 4 months

[meow1989]

We use Aldi mamia (aptamil premade for first 6 weeks) there's basically no difference in the ingredients and I always think it smells much creamier. Still use the odd premade if out and forget flask etc with no issues

[ExcitedForChristmas18]

In my opinion Aptamil is the best, if you run out you can get it from just about anywhere by us. Other brands can be trickier to get.

[dementedpixie]

How can you say aptamil is the best? Have you tried all the others?

[ExcitedForChristmas18]

Over the years I have tried SMA, Cow and Gate, Mamia and Aptamil.

Aptamil being the best one for my children by far 🤷‍♀️

[dementedpixie]

Dd had sma. Ds had aptamil but then we swapped to cow and gate as it was cheaper. It's made by the same manufacturer as aptamil but less expensive

[ExcitedForChristmas18]

Aptamil profutura has nearly double the amount of omega 3 and omega 6 than the other brands out there.

Also it's the only milk that contains phospholipid bound LCPs..which is what you get in breast milk.

I done a lot of research in formula, because I couldn't breast feed and felt an overwhelming guilt I couldn't, so wanted to make sure I got the best I could for them both 😊

[LupinsNotBluebells]

We are mixed feeding and had no issues with aptamil but have swapped to Aldi's own Mamia brand as it has to contain the same ingredients by law and is only £6.99. It helps whilst I'm on mat leave and money is tight.

[dementedpixie]

Aptamil is really good at marketing! Just because they add all the ingredients doesn't mean they are all necessary

[blackcat86]

IME aptimel profutura is the best nutritionally. DD is now completely bottle fed so it was more of a concern. I contacted a few companies to ask questions about their formula as a lot of the scientific names on the box didn't really make the difference clear. Cow & gate and SMA both meet the minimum nutritional standards but that's about it. Aptimil does a bit better but the profutura has more omega 3&6 per 100ml so to be it was well worth paying the extra few quid.

[ExcitedForChristmas18]

I would prefer to pay a couple of pound extra and have the extra vitamins, minerals and fatty acids..but each to their own 🤷‍♀️

[BlessedMango]

Awesome, thank you all!