Tap water or bottled water for preparing milk formulas

Abstract

The object of this work is to indicate what type of water, wether bottled or tap water, must be used in Cantabria for preparing infantil milk formulas. With this object in mind a study has been made the quantify of sodium, potasium and chlorides in 14 milk formulas in powder form and besides the tap water in 102 cantabrases towns, and the 8 bottled waters more used our Community. In a 50% of the preparing baby bottles with water bottled are superior to the recommendations of the ESPGAN.