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Formula feeding

If you would like more information about formula milks, there are resources that provide evidence-based information without promoting specific brands. This will help you find impartial information to make your decisions, rather than relying on information provided by milk manufacturers to promote their own products.

First Steps Nutrition Trust

First Steps Nutrition Trust is an independent public health nutrition charity. Their website features a useful guide to infant formula and how to make up a feed correctly.

NHS guidance

The NHS website provides a comprehensive guide to bottle feeding, including information on the following:

  • Bottle feeding advice
  • Sterilising baby bottles
  • How to make up baby formula
  • Types of formula
  • Formula milk: common questions
  • How to combine breast and bottle feeding

Last reviewed: 28 June 2023