Milk first age

Infant milk is, as its name suggests, the milk you will offer your baby if you have opted to bottle-feed him or if breastfeeding is not going as well as expected. This high quality milk is specifically formulated to come as close as possible to breast milk and thus meets the nutritional needs of your baby during his first months.

Breast milk is undoubtedly the most suitable food for the baby's needs: no milk is so perfect in every way. But of course breastfeeding is a very personal decision that is up to every mom.

If you cannot breast-feed your child or if you have decided to bottle-feed him, specific milks, perfectly adapted to the nutritional needs of the infant are marketed in pharmacies. For the child from 0 to 6 months, it is a question of early milk , also called "infant formula". The latter, regardless of the brand chosen, covers all baby's nutritional needs . Only vitamin D and fluoride supplementation is necessary.

1st age milks are made from processed cow's milk to get as close as possible to the natural composition of breast milk but have a composition very far from cow's milk as we know it, which is not suitable for needs of the child before the age of three.

• Proteins

The particularity of these baby preparations for 1st age is their low protein content, perfectly suited to baby's needs to ensure good brain and muscle development. This milk does not in fact contain more than 1.8 g of protein per 100 ml, against 3.3 g per 100 ml of cow's milk and 1 to 1.2 g per 100 ml in breast milk.

• Lipids

The amount of lipids contained in 1st age milk is almost similar to that of breast milk. However, lactic fats are largely replaced by vegetable fats, in order to guarantee the intake of certain essential fatty acids, linoleic and alphalinolenic acid, in particular essential for brain growth.

• Carbohydrates

The 1st age milks contain 7.65 g of carbohydrates per 100 ml against 6.8 g / 100 ml for breast milk and only 4.7 g for cow's milk. Carbohydrates are present in the form of glucose and lactose, but also in the form of dextrin maltose.

• Vitamins, trace elements and mineral salts

1st age milks also contain valuable vitamins such as:

• Vitamin A plays a role in vision and the immune system
• Vitamin B allows the assimilation of carbohydrates
• Vitamin D helps bind calcium to the bones
• Vitamin C is essential for good iron absorption
• Vitamin E ensure the proper growth of cells and which is necessary for good brain and neurological development
• vitamin K promotes normal blood clotting and plays a role in bone mineralization and cell growth
• Vitamin B9, also called folic acid, has an important role for rapidly renewing cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, intestinal cells and those of the skin