Enfamil

Enfamil (a play on words of 'infant meal') is an American brand of infant formula that is made by Mead Johnson, a subsidiary of Reckitt. From 1989 through 2011, Mead Johnson used Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit on its U.S. packaging. However, in 2012, the company transitioned to its signature duck across it U.S. Enfamil product line. Enfamil is a product name associated with formulas for babies.

History

This baby formula brand was put on the market on October 5, 1959, by the Mead Johnson company as "a low protein duplication of mother's milk."[1] The corporation had been founded in 1905 in New Jersey by Edward Mead Johnson and then relocated to Evansville, Indiana in 1915. Enfamil R was Mead Johnson’s first routine infant formula designed to be a nutritional formula based on the pattern of human milk. Since then, Mead Johnson has produced a broad variation of Enfamil Products.[2]

Ingredients

The types of ingredients used in Enfamil R vary, based on the type of formula. The base of each formula may vary extensively, but Enfamil provides different formulae for different infants needs.

While many of the ingredients in Enfamil meet with considerable approval, a growing number of watch groups point to ingredients that might not be safe.[3] According to the United States Food and Drug Administration, test results have shown that traces of cyanuric acid have been found in Enfamil Lipil With Iron,[4] however, the products still are approved by the FDA due to small consumption levels, being considered tolerable.[5]

References
  1. "Mead Introduces 2 New Items", The Evansville (IN) Press, October 1, 1959, p. 8-A ("Two new Mead Johnson and Company products will go on the market Monday — one of them a 'painless' weight control product, the other a low protein duplication of mother's milk.")
  2. "Mead Johnson Nutrition :: Brands - Mead Johnson Nutrition". www.meadjohnson.com.
  3. "How To Find the Safest Organic Infant Formula - Cornucopia Institute". 20 December 2013.
  4. Cohen, Elizabeth. "FDA finds more traces of melamine in formula - CNN.com". www.cnn.com.
  5. "Exempt Infant Formulas Marketed in the United States". www.fda.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09.
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