Lots of different points here. Sort of mixing apples and oranges :-)
1. Ready to feed in the US is expensive, powder is not and after 1 mo of age 
pretty safe.  WIC gives formula concentrate (1 can concentrate + one can 
water).  Once can  or bottle is open, it must be used,  not same for powder 
(46 years ago I came home with a breastfed baby.  Every time I thought about 
giving a bottle, I looked at the complimentary can of concentrate formula 
and realized to make one bottle, I 'd have to waste rest, so  I picked him 
up and nursed him again, LOL. - however this is a downside for powder-always 
available in small amounts without waste.)

2.  In US our water supply is safe. Having seen the water supply in rural 
Africa, I cringe at the thought that a baby would be given anything mixed 
with that, and they simply cannot afford formula in any form :-(

3. I would hope that HM fortifiers are sterile.  Powder is cheaper to 
transport than heavier cans or botttles.  and back to the once opened, must 
be used theory.

Just some observations ...Pat in SNJ 

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