Gerber Good Start Protect PLUS, Powder, Case Pack 24-Ounce Can (Pack of 6)

by Good Start

Product Features

• Formula offers complete nutrition with an easy-to-digest combination of ingredients
• Helps support your baby's healthy immune system
• Beneficial probiotic cultures increase levels of key antibodies
• Loaded with ingredients that support the natural protective barrier in the digestive tract
• Provides Comfort Proteins and lipids (DHA and ARA) that are important components of healthy brain and eye tissue

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Nestle Good Start Natural Cultures is the first and only infant formula to provide the added protection of beneficial probiotic cultures to help support a healthy immune system, plus Comfort Proteins and DHA & ARA. DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and ARA (arachidonic acid) are fatty acids, or lipids, found naturally in breastmilk. These lipids are an important component to the development of healthy brain and eye tissues. During the third trimester of pregnancy the mother passes DHA and ARA to her baby. After the baby is born, the mother can continue to provide DHA and ARA to her child via breastfeeding, or by giving her child Good Start Natural Cultures formula.

A Breakthrough Infant Formula
Good Start Natural Cultures is a breakthrough infant formula designed to help support

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your baby's healthy immune system. And since a healthy immune system provides your baby with important natural defenses, this formula can help build a happy, healthier child.

Supports Your Baby's Healthy Immune System
Research has shown that the beneficial probiotic cultures found in Good Start Natural Cultures help support your baby's healthy immune system in many ways, including:

• Beneficial probiotic cultures can help support your baby's healthy immune system by increasing levels of key antibodies
• Probiotics can also help support the natural protective barrier in the digestive tract, where 70-percent of the immune system is found

Unique Combination of Benefits
Experts agree that breastmilk is the ideal source of nutrition and protection for your baby. However, if you decide to formula-feed, you can be assured that Good Start Natural Cultures offers complete nutrition, plus beneficial cultures, easy-to-digest Comfort Proteins, and DHA & ARA to offer your baby a unique combination of benefits no other formula provides.

Nestle's formula contains beneficial probiotic cultures, Comfort Proteins, and DHA & ARA.

Good Start Natural Cultures is loaded with ingredients that support the natural protective barrier in the digestive tract.

Product Description

Nestle New Look- Same Nutritionformerly Good Start Supreme Natural Cultures Powder -The first infant formula with BIFIDUS BL beneficial cultures like those found in breastmilk to help support Baby's healthy immune system1 -Plus gentle 100% whey COMFORT PROTEINS@ designed to be easy to digest -Complete nutrition in a milk-based formula -DHA & ARA for Baby s brain and eye developmentThe PLUS is the extra step we take to create easy-to-digest COMFORT PROTEINS.Supporting Baby s Natural DefensesGOOD START Protect PLUS Formula is a breakthrough infant formula designed to help support Baby's healthy immune system in a whole new way. And a healthy immune system provides Baby with important natural defenses.-The first infant formula with BIFIDUS BL beneficial cultures like those found in breastmilk to help support Baby's healthy immune system. -One way these beneficial cultures can help support Baby's healthy immune system is by increasing levels of key antibodies. -They also can help support the natural protective barrier in the digestive tract where about 70% of the body's immune system is found.2Experts agree that breastmilk is the ideal source of nutrition and protection for Baby. However, if you decide to formula-feed, you can be assured that GOOD START Protect PLUS Formula will provide Baby with complete nutirtion and a unique combination of benefits no other formula provides, including easy-to-digest COMFORT PROTEINS, beneficial cultures BIFIDUS BL, and DHA & ARA .A Unique Combination of BenefitsGOOD START Protect PLUS Formula offers complete nutrition, plus a checklist of ingredients that no other formula can complete.Only GOOD START Protect PLUS Formula provides ALL these important ingredients-BIFIDUS BL Beneficial cultures like those found in breastmilk, to help support Baby's healthy immune system. -COMFORT PROTEINS Gentle 100% whey proteins broken down into smaller pieces to be easy to digest in Baby's developing tummy. -DHA & ARA components naturally found in

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B000RH4FG6
• UPC: 050000625802
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,820 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The closest thing to breastmilk!!, July 16, 2008

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MandieSueM (Concord, NH, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gerber Good Start Protect PLUS, Powder, Case Pack 24-Ounce Can (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

When our spontaneous triplets were born at 34.4 weeks gestation I was determined to breastfeed them and was able to do so for the first 7 weeks, supplementing with Enfamil Enfacare (22 calorie preemie formula), as directed by our pediatrician. In the NICU they were getting as much milk as I could make enhanced with the Enfamil and when I stopped nursing we were told we should stick with the Enfamil due to the triplets' low birth weights (5 pounds each at birth). Once they were no longer getting breast milk their poops became more solid and bulky and much more stinky.

Our triplets just turned 5 months old and we were given the go-ahead from the pediatrician to switch their formula to a regular formula as long as we mixed it rich, using more than the recommended amount to bulk up the calories until they were 6 months old. I was dying to switch them because there are many food allergies in my family and knowing all the new food-allergy research I wanted the kids to get the probiotics into their system before we started solids. We started by using the Good Start for 1/3 of their bottles, Enfacare for 2/3, to make the switch gradual and less shocking on their tummies. They have been a little cranky and gassy while their system adjusts to a new formula but the proof is in the diaper. Since the switch, the kids' poops have gone back to that sweet(er) smelling, yellow mustard seed looking, classic breast milk poop. I've also noticed that they are pooping a lot less, which means that their bodies are using the food it gets more effectively and efficiently. I am blown away by this. I can not believe what a huge difference just a little of this formula has made just a few days. I feel confident that my instinct to switch them to a better formula was correct all along.

Yes, it might not mix as easily (invest in a Dr. Brown's Formula Pitcher!) but it does not produce all the bubbles the Enfamil did, nor does it smell as bad, and it won't stain like other formulas. The comfort proteins and probiotics make this the perfect formula. Breast milk may be best but this is the next best thing!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignorance is bliss, Hydrolized protein made using enzymes is NOT MSG & you can buy these at w-mart for $144., August 7, 2009

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All American Mall (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gerber Good Start Protect PLUS, Powder, Case Pack 24-Ounce Can (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

This is great formula, but despite scare tactics of whacko tree huggers who dropped out of school, the Hydrolized protein in this formula is made through enzyme process which does not result in MSG. There are 3 significantly different processes used in USA by mfg to hydrolize protein and just because one results in MSG, does not mean all processes do. These same size and type formulas can also be purchased elsewhere for much cheaper and instantly with no shipping charges. Check your local WallyWorld.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product!, November 22, 2007

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Ryan's Mom "home mom" (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gerber Good Start Protect PLUS, Powder, Case Pack 24-Ounce Can (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

My baby, Ryan, was born with a heart defect that required major surgery to correct. The doctor that performed his surgery recommended I mix formula with breast milk to suppliment his caloric intake. The hospital started him on Infamil but he didn't like it and spit up a lot. I started using Nestle Good Start With Natural Cultures when my baby was around one month old. I have never had a problem with the formula not mixing up well, but I always use filtered water that is room temperature or above. My baby has thrived on this formula and is so healthy the doctors can hardly believe it. Usually children born with heart problems have trouble gaining weight and are more prone to being sick; that has not been the case with my child, Ryan. He is 6 months old and is 19lbs, 28" tall, and very strong and healthy.