Good Start Gentle Plus Formula, Powder, 25.7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 6)

by Good Start

Product Features

• Case of six 25.7-ounce cans of powdered, easy-to-digest infant formula (total of 154.2 ounces)
• Provides 100% complete nutrition for babies 0 to 12 months old
• Made with patented, easy-to-digest proteins that are gentle on baby's digestive system
• Contains ingredients naturally found in breast milk, plus DHA and ARA to support brain and eye development
• Contains 100% whey protein, the highest quality protein used in infant formula

Product Description

Good Start milk-based formulas have levels of DHA & ARA that are recommended by experts and similar to levels shown in studies to support babies’ brain and eye development.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.4 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: B000E1FY7Y
• UPC: 050000200504
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,551 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good formula and a great deal, December 28, 2006

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S. Walsh "School Bus" (Bakersfield, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Start Gentle Plus Formula, Powder, 25.7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

My two sons have both been brought up on Nestle Good Start with DHA & ARA. After the first three types of formula made my first son throw up all the time (Similac, Enfamil, and Similac Lactose-free), our doctor suggested Good Start and we've had much better luck. There must be something to that whole "Comfort Proteins" label on the can.

As for people complaining about the price, I don't know how they do their math. We've bought cans of this stuff from Wal-Mart and Target, and Amazon is cheaper by dollars, not cents. Here are my tips:

1: You love Amazon, so sign up for Amazon Prime. You'll get the formula in two days without paying shipping. This eliminates people's claims that shipping makes it more expensive than Wal Mart and people's complaints that it takes four months (which is a problem with Amazon Grocery early in its genesis, not a problem with the formula itself).

2: Use the Grocery3 or other $10 off promo code while you can. This, combined with Amazon Prime's free two-day shipping, makes the cost of each can of formula less than $22 with no sales tax. Maybe if you live in Oregon and don't have sales tax and your local Target or Wal Mart for a goof drops the price to lower than $22 and you happen to live next door to Wal Mart and don't have to drive there, wait in line, and drive home, you can beat the price.

In summary, this is good formula that lives up to its claim about being easier on babies' stomachs, and if you work the system, it's cheaper to have it delivered to your doorstep than to go fight the crowds at your local superstore.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nestle Good Start Supreme DHA/ARA formula, March 8, 2007

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A. Rotar (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Start Gentle Plus Formula, Powder, 25.7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

This formula has done wonders for our two month old daughter. I breastfeed her, but supplement with formula. We started out with Similac, but she would fight the bottle and she would get really gassy. We switched her over to Good Start and what a difference. She gobbles it down with no problems. I just wish I switched sooner so that she wouldn't have to deal with the gas every night.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great formula, good price, June 7, 2007

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J. Rossi "jennazer" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Start Gentle Plus Formula, Powder, 25.7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 6) (Health and Beauty)

I tried this formula after switching from Similac. My son was first started on Similac Advance at the hospital, and tolerated it well until week 2 when he became so constipated we had to give him a suppository per his pediatrician. We tried Enfamil Gentlease, and he seemed to hate it right from the start, then after remembering my cousin rave about this formula with her daughter, we tried the Good start. I wish I had started him off with this from the beginning. He immediately drank it down, unlike the Gentlease which he wouldn't even take more then a few sucks of. He tolerated it so well, and the constipation was gone. He was still gassy a bit, as all babies seem to be, but nothing excessive like before. For a few weeks he was still a bit fussy when having a bowel movement, but again, it was such a drastic improvement from where we had been prior. As time went by his stools became easier to pass, and now there is no fussing at all. The preparation is easy. You simply add the powder to water and shake. There had been different directions on some older cans with boiling water then adding the powder, but that has since been replaced with the simple, add powder to water and shke version. THere are far fewer bubbles after shaking then the other formula's I have tried (Similac, Enfamil) and the clumping is minimal. Simply take a spoon etc.. to break up clumps. The smell is tolerable too, and is much better then the other formula's I have smelled. The price is good as well. Babies r us seems to have the cheapest price at around $20 a can, but other stores like Kmart, Target etc... seem to come in around $23 a can and drug stores (not recommended) come in highest at $25-26 a can. I have actually found grocery stores to be cheaper then independent drug stores for the formula, but by the far babies r us has the cheapest price.