To expect Aptamil NOT to contain fish!

[Millie1206]

I'm not veggie (luckily!) but just noticed this on the carton. Do all infant formulas contain fish oil? Bizarre

I could tell just by reading the headline what direction this thread would take

YABU

I don't think it has taken a particular direction

Dairy industry causes the death of cows, so vegginess a moot point.

Soya is much worse than fish though.

Are the fish oils harmful?

Oops, cross posted with others. Seems back on track now!

I purposefully didn't say I am only just stopping breastfeeding now DS is 1 and am using up my old stocks of aptamil follow on that he has in his porridge. Didn't want this to turn into a bf vs ff debate so please don't let it. Was just shocked that formula that claims to be closest to bm could contain this. They don't mention that on the ads do they?!

Fish oil is for the long chain polyunsaturates, its in most baby milks i imagine but back 10 yrs ago i chose to feed both my babies 'Farleys' as it had this in it and aids brain development. It was an issue for someone we knew who had a fish allergy and they couldn't come near the kids when being fed or afterwards.

seriously?! There isn't one formula that doesn't contain fish? I breastfed mine but I dunno what the hell I would've done if I couldn't...

What's the problem with the fish?

What's the problem with soya? (Genuine q)

don't they actually use fish eyes?

yuk

what wrong with soya?

Soya screws up hormones, it's a xenoestrogen.

No problem with fish, people just recoil at the thought of fish with baby milk. It is used to benefit the milk it is not like they are adding it because it it cheap/a bulking agent whatever. They add it because there is huge competeition in the industry and they need to prove that thiers is somehow closer to breastmilk than the alternatives. A good thing surely if you can't feed?

really! i thought it was ment ot be really good for you

mil drinks about 10 cartoons a week

should i tell her?

soya milk that is

My son was born lactose intolerant and HAD to have soya. It hasn't screwed up his hormones!!

the problem with fish is that I'm a vegetarian and have no intention of feeding animal products to my children until they are old enough to choose to consume them of their own free will.

Cow milk is an animal product though surely?

Yanbu

I am a veggie and I was horrified that when I started to combination feed my baby (due to her severe reflux - I would have loved to continue ebf but it wasn't viable) there was no veggie formula available.

Yes omega is extracted from fish but it can equally be extracted from algae - the only reason formula doesn't contain veggie omega is because its more expensive. Same with whey - which contains beef in formula - but can be veggie.

As previously mentioned SMA wysoy is the only vegetarian society approved milk, but SMA hungry baby and stage 2 formula are also veggie.

I give my dd formula imported from Israel as kosher formula is vegetarian but I do wish there was a UK veggie brand - after all there are a lot of veggies in the UK! We aren't that small a minority.

So why would you be using a cows' milk product in the first place?

The dairy industry kills as many cows as the beef industry.

so it is actually fish eyes then?

x post with Moon, directed at Northern

I never knew that and would have lumped soya into the healthfood category. My absolutely useless accupuncturist had me eating soya beans to treat recurrent miscarriage!!!

Even Neocate/ Nutramigen (hypo-allergenic milks) contain LCP, so I really doubt there's an allergy risk. DS could paper Buckingham place with poo if fed fish but he's fine on Neocate LCP.

Udderly, there may be benefits in taking it if you have low levels of oestrogen, same as using it to treat menopausal symptoms, but it's bad for babies.