This sort of thing makes me shiver..... A few months ago I posted about an 'organic' baby formula on sale in some UK health shops, made by Hipp (German ABM manufacturer), and about the customer's letter in the store's magazine which outlined why she wanted it for her baby - basically because she thought her own breast milk was so polluted, she needed this 'clean' alternative based on 'organic' cow's milk. I said how sad this was. Kate Halberg's forwarded post sounds to me as if it's a similar thing. Why does a 'natural' formula make me shiver? After all, in the absence of breast milk, I want formula fed babies to have the best alternative - surely? Yes, of course - but I do not trust marketing and commercialism, cynical ol' me. It's not the chemicals and additives in formula that make it far inferior to breast milk (though they cannot help). It's the fact it's another animal's milk, and cannot possibly have the 'right' ingredients. No matter what you do or don't do to formula, no matter how you advertise it, dress it up, clean it, dust it, teach it to sing 'happy birthday to you'....it's still ABM, with the accent on the 'A'. Natural? Ha! Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK