Abstract
Most babies who are not breast fed receive instead a formula based on cow’s milk. Without modification cow’s milk is unsuitable for infant feeding, mainly because of its high mineral and protein content. Modification of cow’s milk for infant feeding is a phenomenon mainly of this century. Continental paediatricians used lactic acid milk partly as an anti-infective measure and partly because the curd tension was reduced. The present generation of infant formulas dates from work initiated by Gerstanberger and Ruh(1,2) in America. Britain was very slow to adopt modified formulas and until the time of the Oppe report “Present Day Practice in Infant Feeding”(3) most British babies received a formula based on whole cow’s milk, added vitamins and iron.
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