Enfamil (a play on words of 'infant meal') is an American brand of

infant formula Infant formula, baby formula, or simply formula (American English); or baby milk, infant milk or first milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepar ...

that is made by

Mead Johnson Mead Johnson & Company, LLC is an American company that is a leading manufacturer of infant formula, both domestically and globally, with its flagship product Enfamil. It operates as an independent subsidiary of Reckitt. The company dates back ...

, a subsidiary of

Reckitt Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, trading as Reckitt, is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, England. It is a producer of health, hygiene and nutrition products. The company was formed in March 1999 by the mer ...

. From 1989 through 2011, Mead Johnson used

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's ''

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'' on its U.S. packaging. However, in 2012, the company transitioned to its signature duck across it U.S. Enfamil product line. Enfamil is a product name associated with formulas for babies.

History

This baby formula brand was put on the market on October 5, 1959, by the

company as "a low protein duplication of mother's milk." The corporation had been founded in 1905 in New Jersey by

Edward Mead Johnson Edward Mead Johnson (April 23, 1852 – March 20, 1934) was an American businessman and one of the co-founders of Johnson & Johnson. In 1886, Edward Mead Johnson abandoned a career in law and joined his two brothers Robert Wood Johnson I, and ...

and then relocated to

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in 1915. Enfamil R was

’s first routine infant formula designed to be a nutritional formula based on the pattern of

human milk Breast milk (sometimes spelled as breastmilk) or mother's milk is milk produced by mammary glands located in the breast of a human female. Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns, containing fat, protein, carbohydrates (lactos ...

. Since then,

has produced a broad variation of Enfamil Products.

Ingredients

The types of ingredients used in Enfamil R vary, based on the type of formula. The base of each formula may vary extensively, but Enfamil provides different formulae for different infants needs. While many of the ingredients in Enfamil meet with considerable approval, a growing number of watch groups point to ingredients that might not be safe. According to the

United States Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food s ...

, test results have shown that traces of

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have been found in Enfamil Lipil With Iron, however, the products still are approved by the FDA due to small consumption levels, being considered tolerable.

References

External links

Enfamil Official Website

* Brands
FDA , Domestic Infant Formula Testing Results
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