Baby's Only Organic Formula from Nature's One was the first organic formula on the US market and the one I chose to give my daughter when she was seven months old. Wilson, who works for the company, explained that the formula is labeled as "toddler formula" to encourage breastfeeding until children are 1 years old, but it still meets all the FDA requirements for infant formula.
After reading an exhaustive investigation of organic formulas from the Cornucopia Institute, we decided this was for us. Here's what you should know:
- It's organic, which helps limit exposure to potentially dangerous pesticides and chemicals. We thought this was important because research shows that children metabolize, detoxify, or excrete environmental agents differently than adults.
- It doesn't include palm oil. Some babies can have trouble absorbing palm oil, which can form "soaps" in their intestines and result in digestive issues.
- It does not include the synthetic preservatives ascorbyl palmitate and beta-carotene sometimes found in other US-based formulas.
- It uses organic brown rice syrup instead of lactose to sweeten the milk. Many parents prefer formula that uses lactose exclusively, since it's the same sugar found in breast milk. Even so, Nature's One has developed a technology to filter out inorganic arsenic from the organic brown rice syrup, which makes it safer. It also does not include corn-based sugars like corn syrup or maltodextrin, nor sucrose (white sugar).
- The price is reasonable, around $.96 per oz.
