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>
>Heather  says:
>
><<There  seems to be an assumption that there is a huge difference
>between old,  home-made formulas, and today's commercially-packaged
>varieties - but I  don't see it.>>
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>I don't know the  answer specifically because I don't have any cans of
>formula sitting here  with their ingredients, but I think the 
>protein & mineral
>levels  are  much higher in cow's milk and in the home make formulas 
>than in the 
>commercially prepared formulas.


Is that true? I thought the reason for diluting ordinary cows milk 
and then boiling it (which is what mothers in the UK used to do) was 
to change the nature of the protein and mineral content anyway.

>
>
>Another interesting thing  is that the amounts of minerals in the formulas
>(comparing RTF, concentrate  & powder) are all considered to be 
>exactly the same
>-- however, those  mineral amounts are going to change based on the type of
>water that the  concentrate & powder are mixed with.


Of course they are - water changes from area to area, either because 
of natural reasons or because local water is treated in some way.


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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