As it happens, I know many mothers personally in Singapore who do put
breastmilk in milo (a chocolate flavoured malt drink, something like
ovaltine), or rather, they add milo to the breastmilk to make it more
palatable for older children to drink. Mothers express their milk and give
it to their older children bc one of the main emphases of breastfeeding and
breastmilk in Singapore is 'increasing intelligence' in what is a very
competitive society.
In Australia, where I grew up, Milo is almost a staple drink for children.
It is so popular and common in Australia that I know people who do Nestle
bans except for Milo.
BMSG(S) [Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group (Singapore)] has no links with
Nestle - they are very knowledgeable of, and careful with regard to, the WHO
code on marketing of breastmilk subsitutes, and would be quite horrified
were they inadvertently involved.
It is great that Jilyn and Kimberley's message comes across despite how
poorly the original newspaper article was written (imho). As an aside, this
is not uncommon in Singapore journalism, regretably.
Amy
Bfg counsellor, speaker and counselling course teacher with BMSG(S) from
1999. PhD, doula.
www.fourtrimesters.com
From: "Valerie W, McClain" <[log in to unmask]>
> According to the following website, Nestle's Milo in Singapore will be
> fortified with Actigen E.
> http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/news.asp?id=4974
> "Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Nestle Singapore is to replace
> its popular health food drink Milo with a fortified equivalent.
> Milo with Actigen E is composed of a combination of vitamins and minerals
and
> is high in magnesium and calcium. According to Nestle Singapore, the new
Milo
> promotes the effective release of energy from the proteins, fats and
> carbohydrates in food."
> I believe Actigen E is something called Protein L (maybe the L stands for
> lactoferrin????). So reread the article from Singapore about breastmilk
put in
> Milo. Hm..we'd call that foreshadowing in a novel. Actigen Ltd maker of
> Actigen/Protein L is a company that constructs human antibodies(proteins).
By the
> way I think I already posted a number of years ago about Nestle owning
> patents on lactoferrin. According to various patents on lactoferrin, it
will be
> used in health/sport drinks.
> Nestle has the gene technology to make human lactoferrin and they are
using
> it. Guess this article is testing the waters. I don't think mothers
are
> putting their breastmilk in Milo. I think Nestle is putting human
lactoferrin (a
> recombinant form) in Milo. One has to applaud their creativity. I
wouldn't
> even think of this, if I hadn't read their patents.
> Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC
>
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