Organic Infant Formula
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Organic infant formula is an excellent product for parents who want to avoid exposing their children to the chemical additives present in traditional formula products.
Why Choose Organic Infant Formula?
When you select an organic baby formula, you'll be able to rest easy knowing that you aren't feeding your baby a product that could be tainted with dangerous chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Additionally, you won't have to worry about exposing your child to steroids, antibiotics, or growth hormones through his or her diet.
What better way to establish a lifetime of healthy eating habits than to start your child off with organic formula from infancy? Keep in mind that you should look for certified USDA Organic formula, so you can be certain that the formula you are buying for you baby contains a minimum of 95 percent organic ingredients. Watch for the USDA Organic seal on any organic food products that you purchase.
In addition to providing your child with healthy, all-natural nourishment, you're also providing important support for the organic farming movement when you opt to feed your baby an organic formula. Your support contributes to the overall good of the environment, and provides you with a way to vote for environmentally responsible farming practices with your shopping dollars.
Organic Formula Brands
Bright Beginnings
Bright Beginnings Organic infant formula contains DHA and ARA, lipids that occur naturally in mothers' milk that are believed to aid in brain and eye development. It also provides nucleotides, which also occur naturally in breast milk and are believed to boost the immune system. Bright Beginnings is manufactured in Vermont and is certified organic per USDA regulations.
Earth's Best
Earth's Best, the leading organic baby food manufacturer, offers both dairy and soy based organic infant formulas. Each variety provides 100 percent of the recommended essential nutrients for infants throughout their first year of life.
Nature's One
Nature's One makes dairy and soy organic formulas, along with optional probiotic and DHA/ARA supplements that can be added in for maximum nutritional value.
Parents Choice Organic
Parents Choice Formula, available in both Organic and traditional formulations, is available at Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States. Parent's Choice Organic is fortified with iron and also contains DHA and ARA, lipids believed to enhance vision and cognitive development.
Similac Organic
Long a leading manufacturer of traditional baby formula, Similac entered the organic market in 2006, becoming the first major national formula brand to offer an organic line. This Certified USDA Organic formula combines the nutritional benefits of organic milk with the special Similac® Advance® supplements designed to enhance brain and eye development in babies.
Finding Organic Infant Formula
Most supermarkets and natural food stores are likely to carry at least a few brands of organic formula for babies. Stores that specialize in carrying products for young children, such as Babies R Us, are also likely to be excellent resources for purchasing organic formulas in your local area.
If you prefer to purchase your formula from an online retailer, there are a number of excellent options. A few of the e-tailers that offer organic formula products are:
Proper Nutrition for Your Baby
No matter where you shop for organic formula, and later organic baby food, you'll enjoy knowing that you are helping your baby get off to a healthy, chemical-free start when you feed him or her an organic formula.
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