Aldi Formula

Has anyone tried Aldi’s own Mamia formula? What are your thoughts?
Formula is so expensive so wondering if this cheaper alternative is any good

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It strangely smells like play dough in my option. Only got it because we can’t find cow and gate anywhere at the moment I’m not sure if she’s liking it or not she’s drinking it but it’s turned her poos in to liquid

We are using it and have no problems. When we first switched we had to slowly change by introducing one bottle as sometimes they can be sick going fully over straight away

My son had aptamil and changed to this and he was not impressed at all so that change only lasted less than a week and we went back to aptamil😂

We have used this since birth and baby has had no issues gaining weight etc we tried others like cow and gate but she preferred Aldi so went back to this. There is no harm in trying baby to see how they get on☺️

My little one loves it changed him to it after a week of having him home and never looked back

Nutritionally, all formula in the UK has to be the same. So there isn’t one that is better for babies than any other. It’s just a matter of preference.

If I were to formula feed, I’d use it as it’s the best value for money and readily available in many shops (Aldis are everywhere).

Thank you everyone for your replies. Think I’m going to slowly introduce it by mixing it with her cow & gate x

Yes we used it with both my 2 straight from birth. It had all the nutrients needed and was cheaper! It's worth trying to see if your baby likes it! ☺️

I switched my 2nd ove rot this to give her a try as cow & gate just seemed to block them up. She took to it and never looked back. Were now fully off it and on cows milk as shes over 1.

Used it for about a month. The palm oil causes something called calcium soapification in the stomach( proteins bind together with milk proteins) and caused our LO to have very bad constipation (3 days no poop consistently). Moved over to Kendamil and have had 0 issues, poops at least once a day, no pain, reduced spit up.

This is the second baby I’ve had on Aldi formula - both 97th centile boys and we’ve loved it! It’s quite literally half the price of other brands, no-brainer!

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