Stacy Brown states, "After we collect the milk and ship it to Prolacta, it is tested and blended into consistent formulations of 20 calorie, 24 calorie and human milk fortifier with added minerals. It is then pasteurized using high temperature short term pasteurization which preserves more sIgA than the Holder method. After pasteurization, the milk is pumped from the tank into a class 10,000 cleanroom where it is fillked into 10ml oral syringes with nutritional labels. The finished product is held in quarantine until independent laboratory testing clears it for bio burden, PCR and nutritional label validation. Hope this helps!" Here's my fear--a consistent formulation of 20-24 calories--just like formula--may seem more attractive to many physicians and parents than trusting to nature and the superiority of mother's own milk for her own baby. This just doesn't feel right to me--the idea that the milk for sick and premature babies needs to be "consistently formulated" by a for profit company. And as many have pointed out mothers donating are not reimbursed. And how IS it formulated? Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html