Corn Syrup in Formula?

Big J · February 2011

I read labels on everything I eat, but apparently never closely read the label on DD's formula. My heart sank when I read "corn syrup solids" as the first ingredient.

WTF is up with that?

monkeyqueen · February 2011

Some fornulas use corn syrup solids as the carbohydrates and/or a sweetener and it replaces lactose.

Not all formulas will have corn syrup in it, though.

Dr. Sears discusses this stuff at length here:

https://www.askdrsears.com/html/0/T000100.asp

I don't usually pay much attention to Dr. Sears stuff, but I found this to be a rather helpful breakdown of formula stuff.

StrawberryAlarmClock · February 2011

Yeah. My mom said they used to make formula in the 80s: Karo, powdered milk & water! Indifferent

MrsBalletStar05 · February 2011

I heard this was only in certain, special types of formula, like for reflux (??? think that was it. What formula do you have?) and such. It's a needed ingredient for that reason. Regular formula doesn't have it. There was a discussion on 6-9 about this recently.

ABColeslaw · February 2011

It also adds calories to formula. Normally when kids aren't gaining enough they have you add it to the formula. In Asher's case since he can't have it, we add EVO to his bottles. Sounds gross, but when you have to add fat...

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