In the face of a dazzling array of milk powder with different prices on the market, choosing milk powder may be the most headache for mothers. So how can novice mothers choose a milk powder that is both suitable for babies and cost-effective?
Brand background
The field of infant milk powder is different from others, the only purpose of the development of this field is to be as close to breast milk as possible, and the infant milk formula close to breast milk needs to be developed over time, and it also needs the accumulation of real clinical experience, so as to finally become a mature and high-quality infant milk powder brand.
Therefore, there are no new dark horses in this field, and some can only be research and development with trepidation. The first point of choosing a baby milk powder brand is to pay more attention to the brand background, choose those baby milk powder brands that are formal and professional, and mature research and development, and do not choose those baby milk powder brands that are rare or new on the market.
If you are more detailed, please choose those brands with a long history of research and development, and have never had quality problems with the regular first-line big brand baby milk powder, such baby milk powder brands are very mature in terms of formula research and development, milk source, segmentation, production process and other aspects.
In recent years, domestic milk powder quality incidents, inferior vaccine problems, and food safety incidents have occurred frequently, making many domestic mothers tend to choose foreign baby milk powder brands.
Origin of milk
High-quality milk source is the cornerstone of the quality of infant milk powder, but it must be confirmed that the brand of infant milk powder must be confirmed before comparing the milk source of milk powder.
Why do you say that? High-quality infant milk powder brands, milk sources are generally not wrong. However, the quality of miscellaneous milk powder that uses high-quality milk sources is not necessarily good.
Generally speaking, the world's golden milk source areas are concentrated in Northern Europe (the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, the German Alps, Normandy, France), Australia and New Zealand (Australia, New Zealand) and Ireland natural pasture areas, and the milk sources of foreign mainstream infant milk powder brands are basically from these regions, and these regions are also the milk sources that domestic dairy companies are competing to import.
Nutritional formula
After all, cow's milk comes from cows, so in order to match the baby's growth and development, special optimization must be made to make the milk powder formula more suitable for the baby's growth. For example, for babies, brain development is particularly noticeable.
One of the things that distinguishes humans from many animals is the very high relative brain capacity, which is the basis for all kinds of intelligence, speech, and behavior that underpin our human beings. And there is a golden period for the baby's brain development.
In fact, studies have found that between birth and 2 years of age, this is a critical period for the development of the cerebral myelin sheath, which is considered a key marker of brain maturation. Among the myelin sheaths, phospholipids account for the largest proportion, up to 46%, including phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI), sphingomyelin (SM) and ethanolamine aldolin phospholipids.
So how do these brain nutrients come from? Naturally, they are obtained through our baby's nutritional intake, and as a baby's food, the phospholipids in the milk source are very critical, and the phospholipid content of different sources of nutrients is actually different.
Because of this, it is important to adjust the formula so that the milk phospholipid component in the formula is closer to the mother's source so that it can best adapt to the baby's brain development.
Milk powder segments
The segmentation of infant milk powder may not be of much concern to everyone, the segmentation of milk powder is to meet the nutritional needs of infants in different cycles of growth to be deployed, the more detailed the segmentation of infant milk powder, the higher the cost of investment in research and development, and the more accurate it is to meet the nutritional needs of infants of different ages. Domestic infant milk powder is mostly divided into 3 stages, imported infant milk powder is divided into 4 stages, and European infant milk powder is divided into 5-6 stages.
For example, the German version of Aptamil milk powder, Xibao milk powder, the British version of Niulan milk powder, Aptamil milk powder, Dutch local beef pen milk powder, hero baby Meisu milk powder, etc., which are more selected by surrounding mothers, are divided into 5-6 stages.
So which milk powder is cost-effective? Let's talk about foreign milk powder first!
Referring to the price on the international mommy APP, which specializes in making global high-quality mothers and infants, the platform basically covers foreign first-line baby milk powder brands, and most of the foreign direct mail covers all the costs after the price is between 120-200 yuan, and only a few brands will be 200+.
Like the German century-old organic milk powder Xibao HIPP, the international mommy APP German direct mail, covering all the costs to hand is only 150 / box, and the imported domestic version of Xibao milk powder, with reference to Jingdong's self-operated price of more than 300 yuan, is not too bad.
Domestic milk powder such as Junlebao and Yili have cost-effective series, Junlebao Lebo, Banner, Yili Gold Lingguan Care, etc., and the official brand of the international mommy APP is directly haired, and it is also more than 100 yuan to get it.
Recognize the above points, and it is no longer difficult to choose a high-quality baby milk powder brand.