Growing-up milk

Growing-up milk

Breastfeeding is the ideal food for all infants because it answers their nutritional needs perfectly. Its composition evolves over the course of feeding and adapts to the baby’s evolution. It is thus recommended to breast feed as long as possible.

However, some women are not able or do not want to breastfeed their child at all, or not as long as they wish to, for various reasons: personal choice, health conditions, busy professional life… In these cases, an infant formula may be given to the newborn, according to the health care professionals’ advice.

A child still has specific nutritional needs after their first anniversary, therefore it is important to provide him or her with food that is diversified, as well as all the nutrients needed between 1 and 3 years of age. This includes calcium and vitamin D which are necessary for growth and bone development, and iron which contributes to the normal cognitive development of the child. This is why a growing-up milk formula is recommended to cover the specific needs of young children as a supplement to a diversified and well-balanced diet.

It is advised to drink around 500 ml a day of growing-up milk formula until the age of 3 years1.

From 1 year onwards

Novalac 3

Novalac 3 is a growing-up milk that has been specially developed by Novalac as a continuation of the stage 2 formulas.

This formula is the ideal complement to a diversified diet from 1 year onwards.

  • Calcium & vitamin D are needed for normal growth and development of bone in children
  • Iron which contributes to normal cognitive development of children
  • Delicious vanilla taste
  • One 800g tin is equal to nearly 6L of liquid milk
  • Nutritionally complete2

From 1 year onwards

Novalac 3 Banana Apple

Novalac 3 Banana Apple is a unique formula containing fruits puree.

Some children do not like the taste of plain milk or vanilla, but love the flavor of fruits.

This formula is innovative and unique:

  • Containing fruits puree
  • Induces good eating habits early by introducing fruit flavors
  • No artificial flavors
  • No added sugars (contains naturally occuring sugars)
  • No colorants
  • Nutritionally complete2

  • Gives milk the taste of fruits, & gives fruits the taste of milk !

From 1 year onwards

Premium Symbiotic formula

Our premium Novalac 3 Symbiotic formula is a growing-up milk that has been specially developed by Novalac as a continuation of the stage 2 premium formulas. This premium formula is supplemented with several compounds that are naturally present in human milk and have beneficial effects on the health and development of infants.

Novalac Symbiotic 3 contains active ingredients such as:

  • Synergetic pre- and pro-biotics: Symbiotic formula
  • Probiotics: Bifidobacterium animalis subsp.lactis (B.lactis)
  • Prebiotics: Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS)
  • Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid: DHA
  • Nucleotides
  • Nutritionally complete2

What is the point of giving growth milk after 1 year?

Advantages of growing-up milk compared to cow’s milk

for a child aged 1 to 3 years

Cécile Déturche | Dietitian

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Differences between cow’s milk
and a growing-up milk

 

Why give a child a growing-up milk from 1 year onwards?Growing-up milk contains:

  • More iron than cow’s milk
  • Fewer proteins than cow’s milk
  • Essential fatty acids
  • Adapted vitamin intake

From 3 years onwards

Novalac Junior Milk

At 3 years, milk remains one important dietary source for children, ensuring their optimal growth, as they are still developping bones, teeth, muscles and brain.

Novalac Junior Milk contains all essential nutrients including:

  • Calcium
  • Iron
  • Delicious vanilla taste
  • Nutritionally complete2

  1. Bocquet A., et al., Committee of Nutrition of the SFP(FPS). Food for the infant and the very young child. Practical realization. Archives of Paediatrics. 2003; 10.76-81
  2. as part of a diversified diet

Dietary solutions

Gastro-intestinal disorders

For each infant trouble, Novalac offers an adapted nutritional solution.

Allergies

Novalac is a pioneer in the management of Cow’s Milk Allergy (CMA).