Non-soy Infant Formula

This is a structural ingredient/profile node for non-soy infant formula routing. Finished formula occurrence values belong on the relevant formula product pages unless a source reports ingredient-only values.

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1Thoerig et al. 2025. Assessment of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances concentrations in human milk and infant formula in the United States: a systematic review, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 122, pp. 1006-10262025Peer-reviewedSystematic review of As, Cd, Pb, Hg, and PFAS in US human milk and infant formula; most comprehensive current US synthesis of toxic elements in infant feedings, covering both non-soy and soy formula matrices; shows formula concentrations generally exceed human milk on a per-serving basis
2Pikounis et al. 2024. Urinary biomarkers of exposure to toxic and essential elements: A comparison of infants fed with human milk or formula, Environmental Epidemiology2024Peer-reviewedUrinary biomarkers of iAs, Pb, Cd, Hg, and Mn in US formula-fed versus breastfed infants (Dartmouth/Harvard cohort); formula-fed infants show higher urinary As and Mn than breastfed infants, providing biomarker-validated evidence for feeding-mode-driven differences in infant toxic-element exposure
3Ocaña et al. 2024. Metal availability shapes early life microbial ecology and community succession, mBio 15(7):e00854-242024Peer-reviewedZn, Mn, Fe, and Cu in infant gut comparing formula-fed and breastfed infants (CHOP/Penn/Vanderbilt cohort); formula-fed infants have markedly higher gastrointestinal metal levels driving distinct early microbial community assembly via calprotectin-mediated nutritional immunity
4Eticha et al. 2018. Infant Exposure to Metals through Consumption of Formula Feeding in Mekelle, Ethiopia, International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 2018, Article 29856982018Peer-reviewedPb, Cd, As, and Cr in retail infant formula products from the Mekelle, Ethiopia market (AAS); per-day infant exposure estimates against international reference values; extends the formula occurrence evidence base to sub-Saharan African market context
5Carignan et al. 2016. Contribution of breast milk and formula to arsenic exposure during the first year of life in a U.S. prospective cohort, Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 452-4572016Peer-reviewediAs and tAs exposure from breast milk and formula across the first year of life in a US prospective cohort (New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study); longitudinal feeding-mode-stratified arsenic exposure trajectory, with formula-fed infants accumulating more arsenic than breastfed infants over the same time window
6Pacquette et al. 2016. Simultaneous Determination of Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Raw Ingredients, Nutritional Products, and Infant Formula by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Single-Laboratory Validation, Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 99, No. 3, pp. 766-7792016Peer-reviewedSingle-laboratory ICP-MS method validation for simultaneous determination of As, Cd, Hg, and Pb in raw ingredients (acid casein, maltodextrin, skim milk powder), nutritional products, and infant formula; validated against NIST SRM 1548a, 1577c, and 1568b; analytical method basis for infant formula occurrence surveillance
7Carignan et al. 2015. Estimated Exposure to Arsenic in Breastfed and Formula-Fed Infants in a United States Cohort, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 123, No. 5, pp. 500-5062015Peer-reviewediAs and tAs exposure estimated by urinary biomarker and dietary intake in breastfed versus formula-fed US infants (Dartmouth New Hampshire Birth Cohort); formula-fed infants had higher urinary arsenic biomarkers than breastfed infants, establishing the US cohort evidence base for formula-associated infant As exposure
8Jackson et al. 2012. Arsenic concentration and speciation in infant formulas and first foods, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 215-2232012Peer-reviewedtAs and iAs with full speciation (arsenite, arsenate, MMA, DMA) in US infant formulas and first foods by HPLC-ICP-MS; rice-component formulas carry substantially higher iAs than non-rice formulas; primary US speciation dataset for infant formula iAs assessment