Significant variations in nutritional supplementation amongst neonates in the United Kingdom

Table 1 Nutritional content of breast milk and artificial formulae (brand names of United Kingdom formula preparations used)[5]

Type of feed (based on 180 mL of feed)	Vitamin A (μgRE)	Vitamin D (μg)	Folic acid (μg)	Iron (mg)
EBM	104	0.07 μg/kg per day	9	0.126
EBM + 2 × 2.2 g Nutriprem (C and G) Breast Milk Fortifier	522	9.1 μg/kg per day	63	Neg
EBM + 2 × 2 g SMA BMF	486	13.68 μg/kg per day	54	Neg
SMA gold Prem 1	333	6.1 μg/kg per day	52	2.5
SMA Gold Prem 2	180	2.7 μg/kg per day	27	2.16
C and G Nutriprem 1	650	5.4 μg/kg per day	63	2.9
C and G Nutriprem 2	180	3.06 μg/kg per day	36	2.16
C and G 1	97.2	2.16 μg/kg per day	23.4	0.954
Aptamil 1	97.2	2.16 μg/kg per day	23.4	0.954
SMA 1	119	2.2 μg/kg per day	19.8	1.2
HiPP 1	126	2.16 μg/kg per day	18	0.9
Neocate LCP	100.8	2.16 μg/kg per day	15.84	1.8
ESPGHAN recommendation	400-1000 µg RE/kg per day	20-25 μg/d	35-100 µg/kg per day	2-3 mg/kg per day (from 2-6 wk)

EBM: Expressed breast milk.