Baby Formula Recipe

Homemade Emergency Baby Formula Recipe

This recipe, based on World Health Organization guidelines and physician studies through the early twentieth century, is an excellent stop-gap option for when your baby is hungry and you have no other feeding options. It is meant for short-term use only.

Prep: 5min

Total: 5min

Yield: 1

Ingredients:

• 1 13-ounce can (354 mL) full-fat evaporated milk
• 2 ⅓ cups (19 fluid ounces // 562 mL) clean water (preferably slightly warm)
• 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
• 1 dose multi-vitamin for infants (given daily (follow the dosage instructions on the multivitamin bottle))

Instruction:

1. Mix the formula. Place all ingredients in a clean, quart-sized jar with a tight-fitting lid or in a blender. Shake or blend until well-mixed. (If you’re using granulated sugar, be sure to mix until it has been dissolved.)
2. Feed the baby. Pour into clean bottles and give to baby immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to three days. Discard any unused formula after three days.
3. Give a multivitamin supplement, if available. Give one dose of multivitamin to your baby at least once a day.

Homemade Baby Formula

David Jockers, DNM, DC, MS is a doctor of natural medicine, functional nutritionist, and corrective care chiropractor. He is the founder of Exodus Health Center in Kennesaw, Georgia. Dr. Jockers and his wife, Angel, adapted (from Weston A. Price Foundation where you can learn even more) and developed this homemade-from-scratch recipe for baby formula when Angel could not produce enough breastmilk to nourish their baby twin boys well.

Prep: 20min

Total: 24min

Ingredients:

• 2 cups filtered water
• 2 tspn collagen protein
• 4 tbsp lactose
• 2 cups raw whole, grass-fed, or reg whole milk
• 2 tbsn heavy cream
• 1 capsule’s contents Lacto (optional for lactose digestion support)
• ¼ tspn acerola powder
• ¼ tspn infant probiotics
• 2 tspn nutritional yeast flakes
• ½ tspn cod liver oil
• 1 tspn cold-pressed sunflower oil
• 1 tspn extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tspn coconut oil
• ¼ tspn butter oil (optional)

Instruction:

1. For links to locate the specific ingredients go to EverydayCheapskate.com/babyformula
2. Pour one cup of the filtered water into a pan over medium heat
3. Add collagen protein and lactose to the warming water to dissolve, stirring occasionally.
4. While the collagen and lactose are dissolving, place milk in a clean, glass blender and add the remaining ingredients, make sure to open the Lacto capsule and adding only its contents, not the capsule itself.
5. Then remove the pan from the heat and pour in the remaining half of the water to cool.
6. Next, add 2 teaspoons coconut oil and (optional) ¼ teaspoon butter to the water to melt.
7. Add the water mixture to the blender ingredients and blend for about 3 seconds.
8. Pour the blended ingredients into glass jars and refrigerate.
9. Nutrition is for one 8-oz. serving: Cal 108 Fat 4g Total Carbohydrates 4g; Sugars 3g Protein 3g

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FAQ

What ingredients do you need to make baby formula?

• 2 cups whole raw cow’s milk, preferably from pasture-fed cows.
• 1/4 cup homemade liquid whey (See recipe for whey, below) Note: Do NOT use powdered whey or whey from making cheese (which will cause the formula to curdle). …
• 4 tablespoons lactose¹
• 1/4 teaspoon bifidobacterium infantis²

Can you make baby formula from evaporated milk?

What did babies drink before formula?

How was baby formula made in the 1950?