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Similac Organic Infant Formula with Iron, Ready to Feed, 32-Fluid Ounces (Pack of 6)

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You think you're doing something good for your kid when you invest a little more to get an organic formula. Sadly, that's not the case here. This is a horrifically constipating formula...lots of pain and straining, guaranteed. Having to take measures to prevent this (offering juices, water, etc) is just not a sensible approach.

Also, the manufacturers use sucrose instead of lactose to save money, and they use a LOT of it. With the same sweetness as country time lemonade, Similac Organic's sucrose-based formula may also set your child up for future diabetes. Check the NY Times article for more info on this.

Bottom line: painful constipation in the near term, possible diabetes and certainly a sweet tooth in the future...no, thanks!

This is a good product and very high-quality. The majority of people who post on Amazon (and the internet) are not medical providers and are not the least bit inclined in the area of sciences or infant nutrition. There's a large amount of misinformation out there and the misinformation is evident and propagated throughout the reviews for this formula. As for this product specifically (Similac Organic), it is the top echelon of quality with regard to consistency and nutritional value. We've had great success with this product and are very pleased overall as an adjunct to breastmilk. Abbott labs (product maker) is a very large research reagent laboratory for the medical sciences and they have very rigorous quality controls in-place, published research, and they also provide reagents to the scientific research community (exacting standards). That said, I would be less inclined to trust some of the other small makers of formula (ie. other organic products suggested as "better" in these reviews - especially the referenced small-name organic powders). All said and done, the components in ALL of the Similac products are the highest quality and monitored with advanced scientific protocols and are well-researched in published studies. I'd trust this brand - Similac, over the smaller, no-names. Plain and simple. Keep in mind it's what best suits your baby and with nascent/developing GI tracts, ALL babies will experience some degree of gas and discomfort regardless of the formula or nutritional source (even breastmilk). It's sad to see people in these reviews propagating misinformation as they are neither pediatricians/physicians. Do your own research and best to avoid those with ulterior motives, as well as the misinformative reviews and internet blogs that are overly slanted or biased.

Great product, our daughter loves this and has been gaining weight great. We try to get as many organic foods as possible for us and our daughter. This is one of the few options that are available in ready mix. We don't have much time in the morning or evening so this works great for us. First we were mixing breast milk and similac advanced and she was doing great. Then we wanted to go to organic and moved to this. When we were doing both breast milk and this we noticed she pooped far less, not a bad thing and never farther than 36 hours. Now she only drinks this formula and poops a few times a day and is growing great. We started her on this at about 1.5 months a few ounces a day (sometimes mixed with breast milk , and now she is 5 months old and eating about 32 ounces a day (a regular little chubbers).

On a side note if you ever tasted breast milk, this tastes as close to that as any formula we tried. Some formulas are so nasty smelling and tasting its a wonder any baby eats them...

Cheers!

2.0 out of 5 stars Read this article first, August 11, 2009
By Pregbaby (Florida) - See all my reviews
I thought I was doing the right thing by buying organic and thought Similac was a brand I could trust to be good for baby. That is, until I came across this NY Times article about the sugar they use... [...]

From the article:

Parents may be buying [Similac Organic] because they believe that organic is healthier, but babies may have a reason of their own for preferring Similac Organic: it is significantly sweeter than other formulas. It is the only major brand of organic formula that is sweetened with cane sugar, or sucrose, which is much sweeter than sugars used in other formulas.

No health problems in babies have been associated with Similac Organic. But to pediatricians, there are risks in giving babies cane sugar: Sucrose can harm tooth enamel faster than other sugars; once babies get used to its sweeter taste, they might resist less sweet formulas or solid foods; and some studies suggest that they might overeat, leading to rapid weight gain in the first year, which is often a statistical predictor of childhood obesity.

we switched from the advance similac to the organic product thinking it would be better as we prefer organic foods ourselves. it was a disaster with our 2 month old baby getting constipated and progressively worsening her intake till she fell drastically below her calorie intake. we discontinued the product within five days and switched back to the previous similac and she is fine now. her feeding and calorie intake is back to normal

As far as I can tell, this is the only organic "ready to feed" formula on the US market (Earth's Best only comes in powder form). It's about time!!!! It's CHEAPER on Amazon than from the Similac online store.

I am not a great milk producer and ha e had to supplement my last 4 children, with two I made my own, with the next I used the powder, not that I have my sixth baby I wanted something quick and easy but also organic. I have been happy with this so far. I don't like using formula but I decided it was better than killing myself with constant pumping and stressing that I did not have enough!
Price was better than the store, I would love to see it on subscribe and save though.

Like the bad reviews say, the organic formula constipated our daughter. However, by alternating every other feeding with regular (non-organic) formula the problem was resolved. I'm a believer that some organic is better than no organic. We've used this method for 2 months and our daughter is full, happy, and growing well.

I would recommend this if you are looking for an organic formula with milk as the first ingredient (as opposed to rice in some of the others).

I switched from Similac Advanced to Organic when my daughter was 1 month old. She is almost 5 months now, no problems at all! She loves it!

I was NEVER going to give my children formula... after my first child was born I did not produce enough milk and had to supplement. We tried all different types of formula from many name brands. Unfortunately he had adverse reactions to everything we tried, including soy products. We finally tried Organic Similac. This was by far the most expensive, so we started with the powder. This stayed down & he didn't have any reactions (rashes, hives, throwing up, etc). After a couple of months he began spitting up a little powdery substance (guess we didn't mix well enough). We then tried the Premixed Similac Organic. Voila! Perfect. No adverse reactions, he was happy & healthy.

We've had 2 more children & both have also used the Premixed Organic Similac. Neither of them have had an problem with the formula & according to the Doctor they are all very healthy children. To me that is what's most important. :)