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Good Start Gentle Plus Formula, Powder, 25.7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 6) |  | Brand: Gerber Good Start
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $173.53
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Seller: Target.com/ITC
Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1122
Number Of Items: 6
Batteries Included: No
Size: 6pk
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 200504
UPC: 050000200504
EAN: 0050000200504
Release Date: December 22, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Case of six 25.7-ounce cans of powdered, easy-to-digest infant formula (total of 154.2 ounces) | | | Provides 100% complete nutrition for babies 0 to 12 months old | | | Made with patented, easy-to-digest proteins that are gentle on baby's digestive system | | | Contains ingredients naturally found in breast milk, plus DHA and ARA to support brain and eye development | | | Contains 100% whey protein, the highest quality protein used in infant formula |
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Product Description
Gerber Good Start Gentle Plus Powder - 25.7 oz can New look- same nutrition formerly NESTLE GOOD START Supreme with DHA & ARA An excellent formula choice for babies 0 to 12 months Milk-based formula with our unique 100% whey COMFORT PROTEINS@ for easy digestion and DHA & ARA to support brain and eye development. Good Start milk-based formulas have levels of DHA & ARA that are recommended by experts and similar to levels shown in studies to support babies’ brain and eye development. The PLUS is the extra step we take to create easy to digest COMFORT PROTEINS. Not All Infant Formulas are Alike GOOD START milk-based formulas are the first and only infant formulas that take the extra steps to create COMFORT PROTEINS. Our unique two-step process starts with gentle 100% whey protein, the highest quality protein used in infant formula. Then, we break down this gentle whey protein ingredient into smaller pieces to be easy to digest. We call them COMFORT PROTEINS, and only GOOD START milk-based formulas have them. No other formulas take both these extra steps. Offering Complete Nutrition If you're a breastfeeding mom, continue to provide nature's best for your baby. If you supplement breastmilk with formula or use formula exclusively, be sure your choice is an iron-fortified infant formula such as GERBER@ GOOD START@ Gentle PLUS. Like all routine infant formulas sold in the U.S., GOOD START formulas contain complete nutrition with the levels of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals recommended by experts for Baby's first year. Plus, all our GOOD START milk-based formulas are specially designed with proteins that are broken down to be easy to digest in babies’ developing tummies. We call them COMFORT PROTEINS. NUTRIPROTECT blend for infant formula - Natural immune system support The NUTRIPROTECT blend for infant formula offers nutrition for natural immune system support. Look for the NUTRITPROTECT symbol on the label of GERBER@ GOOD START@ formulas
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 33
 I think clearly that Good Start formula is the best on the market! July 15, 2010
Alexa (California, USA)
This is my story... Maybe a little long, but it was hard to me to spend time (away from screaming child) to looking for such information.
My baby is almost 3 months. I BF him but supplement with formula. We started with Similac Advance because my sister brought to me one can before i gave a birth. . After about 3 weeks, my son started has a problems with digesting. It was terrible to watch him how he is pushing and crying almost 24 hours a day. Certainly, it was not because of BF, so I decided to change the formula and our doctor gave me Nutramegin Lipil and Good Start Protective and told me that it has easy-to-digest protein, so I gave it to try. My baby hated Nutramegin immediately! He kicked the bottle over the room by one hand ))) My mom told me: "Don't worry! The baby will use to it". I think that word "use to it" suppose to use when baby, for example, has a diagnose (real allergy or something else medical), so the way the baby like or dislike some kind of formula doesn't matter because he/she needs (must) to eat it. Today the Nutramegin Lipil is not exist because they improved the formula by adding new addition like Enflora, which my baby doesn't accept.
I came back to Similac brand, trying to switch among types of one brand. Thinking, that maybe my babe allergic to lactose, I switched to Similac Alimentum. As the result, my baby liked it immediately, but he started eat more like he was hungry every time. For example, usual portion at one time was 4 oz and after introducing him new formula, it became 7-8 oz. And he was attract to this formula like a bee to honey.
I couldn't experiment my baby anymore and I went for just information for all formulas and look what I found.
There is 3 main formula on the market - Similac, Enfamil and Nestle Good Start. Of course, there more brands of infant formula, but these are often to use by all medical facilities.
All infant formulas are prepared according to FDA regulations which 'specify minimum and, in some cases, maximum nutrient level requirements for infant formulas.
There is no word that one brand better than another, just says that low iron formula should not be used.
Infant formulas mostly differ in the type of sugar and protein that they have.
Regular iron fortified infant formulas, such as Similac Advance, Enfamil Lipil, and Nestle Good Start Supreme are made with lactose and cow's milk based proteins. Most infants who are not breastfeeding exclusively should be given a cow's milk based iron fortified formula.
Soy formulas are made with soy protein and are lactose free. They are good for children who don't tolerate lactose or milk proteins.
Elemental formulas are also lactose free and are made with hydrolysate proteins, which are easy to digest for infants with protein allergies. Types of elemental formulas include Nutramigen, Pregestamil and Alimentum.
If you have a family history of food allergies or formula intolerances, you might choose to start your baby off with a soy or elemental formula if you do not want to breastfeed.
Lactose free formulas are made without lactose, but do have cow's milk proteins in them. Infants are not usually thought to be born with a lactose intolerance, so these formulas are usually not needed.
Other infant formulas include Enfamil AR (added rice), which is supposed to be helpful for infants with reflux and premature formulas, such as Similac Special Care and Enfamil Premature.
So. My family and family of my husband don't have a history of any allergies. My baby suppose to be able to drink regular formula or easy to digest, but based on cow milk, not soy.
If Infants are not usually born with lactose intolerance, so my baby also should drink a formula with lactose not sugar.
Most of Similac easy to digest formulas includes sugar not lactose, exclude regular "blue", which my son doesn't accept. Also, Similac and Enfamil brands have so many(!) different types of formula that it easily be lost there )))
Good Start has only 3 types excluding 2nd stage: Protective (regular), Gentle Plus (gentle itself) and Soy. That is all! Very simple and smart! Protective and Gentle Plus so much similar that if you accidentally switched it...nothing will happen.
Good Start formula based on whey protein concentrate (from cow's milk) and with lactose, not sugar.
In the beginning, the formula made with easy-to-digest proteins, they called comfort proteins. I agree with some of the reviewer that these words suppose to be on the front of all cans and in big letters.
I found nothing compare to this formula among main formulas on the market.
I found one negative review about formula itself and few reviews about the price. If your child drinks Similac Alimentum, for example, or Nutramegin Lipil, then the price is very similar to Good Start, but what a difference - those two are for allergy and, with sugar and Good Start is just regular main formula. That's why I don't understand Why people gave only one star to a product if there is no explanation about the product itself?
One woman said that the color of poop ))) was green and because of that the formula is bad. It's not true. That woman wasn't patient with the time. She didn't gave her child to normalize baby's system due to introducing new formula (24 -36 hours).
Also, the Good Start by Nestle joined the Gerber and Gerber company is THE NAME. You can easily see their name on all infant and toddler food, clothes and accessories in most malls and stores around the country. Gerber is also produce the special water for mixing with formula. The Nestle company itself is also producing many products for kids.
If the store has sale or deals on baby's formula, the first formula which gone in seconds is Good Start.
Now, my son is absolutely normal boy without any allergies. He sleeps well and eat with pleasure.
Never been a problem. May 24, 2010
Prakash Nadar (Sunnyvale, CA)
Being feeding my son with this formula for past 8 months. He liked it and we loved it. The formula would satisfy his hunger quickly.
I wish they also had travel packets for 3-5 ounce solution. While doing international travel, I found the can bit hard to carry and use.
 Costs too much! May 3, 2010
Kimberly A. Skotak (Austin, Texas United States)
My son was having problems digesting Enfamil, so my pediatrician recommended that we try Good Start. We've been using the Gentle Plus for about a month now and his throwing up has decreased drastically. He does so much better on this formula. However, Amazon has it priced too high. I buy it at Target for $21/25.7oz and at HEB for $22.50/25.7oz. I'm surprised because usually I find that Amazon has the lowest price - especially when items are bulked into packs as this one is.
AWESOME formula - thank you Good Start! April 17, 2010
Gadget Girl (Alexandria, VA)
We started our daughter on Similac Advance and she did OK with that (and breast milk) for about a month. After that, the Similac Advance would cause her to have a lot of gas and spit up problems. By spit up, I mean throwing up her entire bottle. We switched to Similac Allimentum which is terribly expensive. When I weaned off breastfeeding we decided to try a few other formulas that were more reasonably priced. Similac Sensitive smelled terrible and Good Start smelled not bad for formula, so we tried that first. And we LOVE IT!
The Good Start GEentle Plus seems so much easier for her to digest than any of the other formulas that we tried. (We did also try Enfamil Lipil and she threw that all up, too!) My daughter is six months old and has been eating this formula along with some limited solid foods exclusively for the past 3 weeks and she seems much happier than when she was on the Similac. It smells much better, it's actually white and not brown... and it's much more affordable.
Thank you Good Start for making such a great product! You have saved us lots of money and saved our daughter lots of tummy aches...
This milk safe our baby, literally!! April 15, 2010
Mr. T
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This milk safe our baby, literally!!
My baby had been solely breastfed. After 9 months my wife was running short of her milk. She didn't have enough breastmilk for the baby and he didn't take as much solid food as we would want him to.
We gave him Similac Advance, it was recommended by the hospital. First Similac Advance Liquid, he threw up 9 times within 2 hours after half an hour of feeding. That happened twice. A few days later, we tried Similac Advance power, he threw up again! This time 5 times plus serious diarrhea for 5 days. He has lost 5% of his weight within 2 days. That's really bad.
We were desperate. We took him to the hospital twice that week. The doctor though it was stomach flu.
However, I didn't quit agree with him. What a coincident that 2 different formula milk feeding incidents would throw my baby off balance. I'm a computer engineer and dealing with solving and debugging problems all the time.
I was firm with the doctor that this was not a coincident. I thought it might have something to do with the protein in the formula that my baby couldn't digest. We decided to try Lactose free formula (Nutramigen from Enflora). It smell and taste really awful (my wife tried it and she gagged.
As we thought, my baby rejected to drink it. Then I tried Good Start soy. Same story, smell bad but not as bad as Nutromigen. My baby also rejected to drink it.
Now we were really desperate, not enough milk for him and he doesn't like to eat solid food!! He would throw up + diarrhea if he gave him normal formula milk. Phone call to 4 advise nurses, no luck! I finally search on the internet and found a lot of similar story to what we experienced (including this on Amazon reviews).
I decided to give it a final try, crossing our fingers really tight. Good Start Gentle Plus is our last hope or my baby would not have any more milk to drink. He's losing weight!!
And then miracle happened!!! This milk works wonderfully for him. The only complain I would have is that it doesn't smell as good as the normal cow milk-based formula, however, doesn't smell or taste awful like the other two.
My baby didn't quite used to the tasted in the beginning and didn't really want to drink it at first. So we tried mixed it with breastmilk for a few days.
Now he is a happy baby, gaining weight, doesn't throw up and used to the taste of it.
My wife and I are now happy again :)
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