The most commonly used infant formulas contain purified cow s milk whey and casein as a protein source a blend of vegetable oils as a fat source lactose as a carbohydrate source a vitamin mineral mix and other ingredients depending on the manufacturer.
Chemicals in baby formula.
Laboratory tests of canned infant formula conducted by the food and drug administration fda and a certified commercial laboratory reveal that a plastics chemical called bisphenol a bpa leaches from metal can linings into formula.
In total around 300 000.
Infant formula has come a long way since chemist justus von liebig first patented a commercial cocktailof cow s milk wheat flour malt flour and potassium bicarbonate in 1865.
Rocket fuel phthalates melamine and high levels of heavy metals have been found in infant formula.
Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula epa deems perchlorate levels safe but advocacy group says public is at risk.
In 2008 six infants died after drinking melamine adulterated infant formula milk.
There is no fda regulation of infant formula.
According to a new ewg analyses the amount of bpa ingested by some bottle fed infants exceeds the doses that caused serious adverse effects in animal studies.
15 things in baby formula that are toxic 15 perchlorate.