The Future of Baby Formula May Be Artificial Breast Milk

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Breast milk imparts a number of long-term health benefits to babies, including a lower risk of asthma, obesity, Type 1 diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But for a variety of reasons, many parents turn to formula. Now, several startups such as BIOMILQ and Helaina are working on new kinds of infant nutrition products that promise to better mimic parts of human breast milk—and may lead to advances in adult nutrition along the way. But to bring artificial breast milk to market, they’ll need to do some tough science and overcome regulatory and ethical hurdles. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Further reading: The ‘Arms Race’ to Build a Better Baby Formula Baby-Formula Shortage Worsened by Drop in Breast-Feeding Rates Baby-Formula Makers Face FTC Investigation for Collusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Megan Corcrum is a mom of two living in Carmel, New York, about 50 miles north of New York.
0:58.6	My oldest is five.
1:00.6	And when was your youngest born? She was born April 24th. Oh wow so she's so young. Yeah, she's a baby baby.
1:10.0	Even before she gave birth to her first daughter, Haley,
1:15.7	Korkram says she had gotten the message loud and clear.
1:18.6	The best way to feed her baby was to breastfeed.
1:21.6	And things initially went pretty smoothly. After
1:25.1	Corcombe went home from the hospital and settled into life with a newborn,
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