{"id":19811,"date":"2026-02-26T11:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/19811\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:58:17","slug":"does-infant-formula-have-too-many-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/19811\/","title":{"rendered":"Does infant formula have too many ingredients?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Several countries across Europe, including in Switzerland, have reported illnesses that may be linked to toxic contamination in infant formula, following a series of major recalls.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        February 26, 2026 &#8211; 09:44\n<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anand-chandrasekhar-profileImage-42390447.png\" width=\"998\" height=\"998\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                I cover food and agribusiness and have a special interest in sustainable supply chains, food safety and quality, as well emerging players and trends in the food industry.<br \/>\nA background in forestry and conservation biology led me down the path of environmental advocacy. Journalism and Switzerland made me a neutral observer who holds companies accountable for their actions.             <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/anand-chandrasekhar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                More from this author            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/english-department\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                English Department            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sara-pasino-profileImage-48432549.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                I oversee the distribution and social media channels for the English department and write news articles in English.<br \/>\nI studied modern languages, English, and Russian literature, then completed an MA in international journalism in Cardiff. After that, I worked for BBC Education in Manchester for a few years before moving to Switzerland.            <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/sara-pasino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                More from this author            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/english-department\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                English Department            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swiss manufacturers Nestl\u00e9 and Hochdorf are among those involved, alongside the French companies Danone, Lactalis and Vitagermine.<\/p>\n<p>What is behind this wave of recalls? And could the race to replicate breast milk be increasing the risk of contamination?<\/p>\n<p>Read our article to find out more. <\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/519953580_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" alt=\"There have been reports of hospitalisation of infants who were fed the recalled formula in France and Spain.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Food safety\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Infant formula recall: Is trying to copy breastmilk increasing risk of contamination?    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Feb 25, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                A contaminated additive found naturally in breastmilk is responsible for the recent recall of infant formula worldwide.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/food-safety\/infant-formula-recall-is-trying-to-copy-breastmilk-increasing-risk-of-contamination\/90968778\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Infant formula recall: Is trying to copy breastmilk increasing risk of contamination?<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several countries across Europe, including in Switzerland, have reported illnesses that may be linked to toxic contamination in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5699,331,35,547,461,17,335,332,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-19811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-beat-food-safety","9":"tag-explain-it-to-me","10":"tag-food","11":"tag-food-safety","12":"tag-production-type-original","13":"tag-switzerland","14":"tag-type-video","15":"tag-vertical-video-9x16","16":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}