I noticed that the link in the first post about this was from a Manila
paper, so presumably this product is being pushed in the Philippines.
Not sure what proportion of the adult population there can digest
lactose, and I assume the product is based largely on imported
agricultural products so it likely has an appalling carbon footprint
as well - don't think dairy cows are a major part of Philippine
farming, though of course I could be mistaken.  But this is an obvious
way for Similac to gain brand familiarity without violating the WHO
code's limitations on advertising breastmilk substitutes.  'Oh,
Similac, the company that knows everything about what I should eat
when I'm pregnant - guess I will buy their infant formula too because
I know the brand.'

Similac, like other companies who make breastmilk substitutes, has
plenty of resources to think up new ways to package the same old stuff
and increase their market share. I will be surprised if they try to
sell this stuff in countries where adults commonly drink animal milks
or eat other dairy products, because it would be an uphill battle to
replace actual food with a food-like factory creation. This product
has no natural place in the diets of humans anywhere, least of all in
a country with a many-faceted functioning culture and its own
traditions of cuisine.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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