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Best Infant Formulas: Our Top Picks for Your Baby

Whether you are formula feeding from the start or need to supplement your breastfed baby with formula, here’s our top four formulas we love!

Best Infant Formulas: Our Top Picks for Your Baby

Written by: Jessica Diamond MPH, RDN

A variety of the best infant formulas, including organic and non-GMO options, displayed on a table to help parents choose the right formula for their baby.

Top Baby Formulas to Ensure Quality Nutrition for Your Little One

Finding the right formula with the best ingredients for your baby can be stressful, whether you are formula feeding from the start or need to supplement your breastfed baby. Here are our top infant formulas that we love! While many other great options are out there, these are excellent starting points when looking for a standard formula. Remember, every baby and family is different, so choose the best baby formula that works best for you and your baby.

Top Infant Formulas

ByHeart

ByHeart is a new, USA-made, FDA-registered infant formula crafted with organic, grass-fed whole milk. Its patented protein blend has shown in clinical trials to offer next-to-breast milk benefits, including easy digestion, less spit-up, and improved immune, gut, and cognitive support. Made without corn syrup, GMOs, maltodextrin, soy or palm oil, gluten, or artificial growth hormones, ByHeart is farm-to-formula verified and the first formula to become Clean Label Project Certified. ByHeart combines modern innovations in breastmilk research and nutritional science to deliver a functional, science-backed infant formula.

Bobbie

Bobbie is a newer, USA-made, organic infant formula. Certified Organic and non-GMO, it’s made without genetically modified ingredients, synthetic pesticides, or fertilizers. Bobbie doesn’t contain corn syrup or palm oil and is made with pasture-raised dairy. Fortified with DHA, it has the same whey and casein profile as breastmilk (60:40). Created by a group of moms on a mission to change the stigma around formula, Bobbie is a product with transparent ingredients.

Loulouka, HiPP and Lebenswert Holle

These are organic European formulas well-tolerated by many newborns and infants. Although pricier and not FDA-approved, they are organic and contain lactose as a sweetener, along with prebiotics and probiotics. Loulouka goes beyond European standards, made with Swiss organic milk products, palm oil-free, well-tolerated, and contains choline in its stage 1 formula. HiPP, Loulouka, and Lebenswert Holle offer several blends, providing various options to find the right one for your baby. Lebenswert Holle is biodynamic, adding extra benefits.

Earth’s Best Organic Dairy Formula

Earth’s Best Organic Formula is Certified Organic and doesn’t contain any added sweeteners besides lactose.

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