Testing of a liquid, ready-to-use, breast milk substitute in the county of Funen
Kofoed, P.E.; Engel, K.; Kildeberg, P.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 152(34): 2407-2411
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 2402809 Document Number: 361501
A newly developed liquid ready-to-use cow's milk based formula (BD) was used as the sole nutrient in 314 healthy term infants below the age of 28 weeks-except for supplementary feeding introduced at an average age of 142 days. The incidence of dyspeptic problems (constipation, diarrhea, vomiting), the parents' and visiting nurses' comments on the product, and the causes of "BD failure" (termination of BD feeding because of suspected cow's milk allergy, dyspepsia, etc.) were recorded as were rates of weight gain and linear growth. It is conducted that BD is a valuable alternative to existing powdered milk formulas and that the growth of the infants compared satisfactory with published reference values.