Ensuring Safe Infant Formula: The Dangers of Homemade Options

Sine 2023, both the FDA and AAP have supported the use of goat milk-based infant formula, but awareness of this option still lags and many think of it as a niche product. Ari Brown, MD, a board-certified practicing pediatrician in Austin, Texas, the author of the best-selling Baby 411 book series, and Kabrita’s Chief Medical Advisor, teaches us more about why families would choose a goat milk-based formula and the safety data behind its use in the US. Dr. Brown also gives us a great review of all of components of formula and what we should be looking for in the ingredients. In this episode, we also discuss the risks of homemade infant formula, raw milk, and unregulated formula, and Dr. Brown shares her experience in working in both the formula industry and in her pediatric clinic.