Similac Advance Organic vs. Parent's Choice Organic

[pcjs]

I like Parent's Choice as does my son. They have several versions. I didn't care about organic - I cared which one my child preferred. I don't like the Advanced as I think its hard to digest.

For you, stop over thinking and go with the one your child prefers. If baby prefers Similac, then that is your answer.

Formula's are all different as every child is different and has different needs, taste preferences and health issues. That is one of the bonus's of formula as hopefully with all the options you can find one (but may have to go through 10 to do so).

[Hungry Caterpillar]

Originally Posted by JustSomeChickVee okay so i looked up sucrose on livestrong's site, and according to them, sucrose is part glucose part fructose. glucose affects insulin, fructose doesn't. so if the amount of sucrose and glucose solids are equal, the glucose syrup solids would spike blood sugar more than the sucrose would. According to some article i just read, and all the articles that come up, Parent's Choice Infant Formulas contain about 13.5 grams of sugar. they make no distinction between the types though (organic, sensitive, spit up, etc.) Similac Organic has 3.5 grams of sugar. If it is true that PC formulas contain 13.5 grams of glucose and Similac contains 3.5 grams of sucrose, it's really obvious that the PC formulas spike blood sugar WAY higher than Similac Organic. Unfortunately, I can't find an actual number for PC organic specifically. The one thing I hate about ingredient lists is that they list in order of amount, but they don't actually tell you what the exact amount is. So while Organic Glucose Syrup Solids are listed lower on the ingredient list for Parent's Choice Organic than Organic Sugar is on the list for Similac Organic, it is still possible that Parent's Choice has way more sugar than Similac does. Am I making sense?

I get your train of thought

So, Sim has 3.5g sugar and PC has 13.5 but you are wanting to know specifically how much glucose is in each of those sugar amounts above in order to know about the insulin affect?

I think they do the order thing so you can tell in relation, yet don't list the numbers so they can keep their proprietary blend.

I think that lactose must be part of it, though, because it's in milk and the organic version is not a Sensitive (Similac refers lactose-free as Sensitive) so that would need to be in the sugar breakdown, which means the sucrose isn't even the total sugar amount. This would be true for the Parent's Choice versions as well, but they also I believe add lactose to the naturally occuring lactose. But, there is no way to know how much lactose is added to the PC as no one tells the breakdown, and thus to be able to posit how much of the 13.5 is glucose.

In formula, though, there needs to be some carbs so it's not like sugar is a bad thing, it's just eating the right sugar. I think in your train of thought, if you are concerned, it may be easier to choose the one with less total sugar and then you have more control of what you give him solids-wise. If you are concerned about fruit sugars you can always give him a food that has protein alongside of the sugary fruit - this is essentially how diabetics have to eat anyways, mixing the protein and the carb. Peas and kale are both considered to be very lowly allergenic foods that are high protein for the calorie. It's funny we are talking about this now because I was just thinking last week when I made plums for my son that they are really sweet and maybe I should give him some peas in the same sitting to even it out a bit.

[JustSomeChickVee]

Okay so in regards to sugar, the Fearless Formula Feeder wrote a pretty good article about that. She was also able to find how much sugar is in breast milk, which I couldn't find yesterday during a quick search. I know BM is high in sugar but it is higher than I thought. It has twice as much sugar as Similac Organic! anyway, here is the article. it covers two topics, arsenic and sugar. sugar is the second half http://www.fearlessformulafeeder.com...ld-ladies.html

[Hungry Caterpillar]

That was interesting, thanks for posting it.

Well, it looks like that's your answer, then. Adding lactose (in the case of the PC) or the naturally occuring lactose (in the case of Similac) is attempting to make it closest to BM. The organic versions are able to have the lactose instead of adding other sugars like the sensitive versions.

Although, since the sugar breakdown is still not totally delineated... I think I would still avoid the palm oil, especially if your DS isn't into the taste of the PC.

If you do end up going with Similac Organic - they have it in these huge three packs at Costco that ended up being the least expensive per ounce breakdown I found anywhere. The price is for it delivered to your door:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...t48022&topnav=
If you don't have a Costco membership, it would probably be worth it to get one just for the formula because your son still has at least 6 more months on it. Just an FYI

[stacym918]

be happy that your son able to tolerate similac organic, or any organic for that matter. And as far as the sugar goes, I called abbott to ask about that and yes it has 3.5 grams of sugar per serving. Other formulas have 13.5 and so on. So it is not loaded in sugar. I think most people's problem with it is that it is "cane sugar". However, people have been eating cane sugar forever. And I for one would rather have my child eating cane sugar than genetically modified corn syrup, which is what most of the other formulas use.