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The FSAI does not recommend the use of automatic machines to prepare bottles of powdered infant formula because there is insufficient data available to verify the safety and efficacy of these machines. The FSAI continues to recommend the use of cold tap water that has been boiled once and then cooled for no longer than 30 minutes to >70°C to prepare feeds from powdered infant formula’ These times are just a guide and it is likely that other hot taps might provide water at different temperatures. Using water at a temperature of around 100⁰C is acceptable from the perspective of killing bacteria in the powdered formula, although it will also kill probiotic bacteria in formula containing these as an added ingredient. It may also modify some proteins which may have an impact on how the infant formula tastes. Probiotics have no proven benefits for infants when added to infant formula and the priority when reconstituting powdered infant formula should always be optimising microbiological safety rather than maintaining any live bacteria. Caution is always required when using boiling water, particularly where bottles or flasks are narrow at the top to avoid any risk of scalding. Faye: I would recommend this to everyone! It’s a life saver and prevents a screaming baby whilst waiting for a bottle to cool down! It’s so practical l, it doesn’t take up a lot of room in the change bag and doesn’t take long to get it to the right temperature. It can’t be taken around easier and is like a portable perfect prep machine and I love it and use it daily! All mums and dads need this product.

The advice to boil the water is important to ensure that potential bacteria in tap water (which is not sterile) is killed. The advice to use the water when it is still more than 70⁰C is to kill any bacteria in the powder (which is also not sterile). Using water at a temperature lower than 70⁰C increases the likelihood that the water temperature may be too low to effectively eradicate any bacteria that may be present in the powder.

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Faye: I would choose this product to win above all. I love my Tommie tippee machine but being on a tight budget like I am myself I feel that just buying this makes my life easier both in and out of the house! The fact it’s portable and most places where I have been can provide me with boiling water it’s just eliminates the stress of taking too long too cool a bottle What changes would you make to this product?

Whilst research into the safety and efficacy of the Perfect Prep TM Machine has been carried out by the manufacturer, this is not currently in the public domain and the manufacturer has declined to release it citing business competition reasons. Mayborn Group Ltd, who produce Tommy Tippee brand products, have said: Water filters used domestically work in a variety of ways to remove contaminants such as chlorine from drinking water, improve taste and odour and prevent limescale formation. Contains: 1 x RapidCool™ Flask, 1 x Digital Lid, 1 x Small Milk Powder Formula Dispenser, 1 x Lid Cleaning Brush Complete with a hot flask and innovative cool flask, the GoPrep Formula Feed Maker Kit will give you the freedom to make fresh formula feeds away from home in just two minutes*. Use the hot flask to store boiling water when you leave the house. When it’s time to feed your baby, transfer the desired amount of boiling water to the cool flask, add your formula, secure the lid and shake to mix the formula and start the cooling process. When the Tommee Tippee star on the LED digital lid turns blue, your little one's feed is the right temperature and ready to transfer into a clean, sterile baby bottle.

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Baby kettles boil water like a standard kettle, and some may then ‘speed-cool’ the boiled water to 70 or 40˚C, or keep it heated at a set temperature for making formula later. The manufacturer’s instructions on at least one brand of baby kettle that we know of are to use water at 70˚C when preparing infant formula. We have had a look for specific research for UV sterilizers for infant feeding and their safety and effectiveness and we were unable to find any scientific reports about this. Warming times depend upon capacity and starting temperature of feed. Warming time of 4 minutes is based on heating a 150ml serving of milk from ambient room temperature (20°C).

UV radiation has a germicidal effect and it is used in water treatment as well as in air vents. UV-C is an effective surface disinfectant, however it does not penetrate surfaces and cannot disinfect soiled surfaces. The inability of the UV radiant energy to reach shadowed recesses of surfaces or to penetrate coverings like dust and other matter may negatively affect disinfection. Current NHS guidance for the preparation of powdered infant formula is to boil at least 1 litre of fresh water from the cold tap in a kettle and then leave it to cool for no longer than 30 minutes. Following these instructions, it is expected that the water temperature should be at least 70˚C when the formula powder is added. The thermos flasks were both warmed for 1 minute with boiling water before use and the flasks were stored at an ambient temperature of about 19 oC. The tests were conducted three times, with each time test completed on a freshly stored batch of boiling water. Although the FSA have not updated or changed their recommendations on making up infant formula to reflect the study findings, they made the following comment when asked about the safety of the Tommee Tippee machine in 2014: Braegger C, Chmielewska A, Decsi T, et al. Supplementation of infant formula with probiotics and/or prebiotics: a systematic review and comment by the ESPGHAN committee on nutrition. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2011 Feb;52(2):238-250. DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3181fb9e80. PMID: 21150647.

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RapidCool™ makes one feed at a time as it needs cleaning and sterilising between uses. We have designed the RapidCool™ so that you have the flexibility of feed sizes between 90ml-240ml (3oz-8oz) as your baby grows. There are seven measurement markers located inside the flask between 60ml and 240ml. Meet the most innovative way of preparing formula feeds with the NEW RapidCool™ that cools down formula milk to the perfect temperature in just 2 minutes* to NHS guidelines. In a systematic review of randomised control trials (RCTs) that compared the use of probiotics and/or prebiotics in infant or follow-on formula milks, the ESPGHAN I think it's so much easier than messing about making them as needed. And I know most people use the perfect prep machine but sorry to me that's laziness, you don't need a machine to make bottles in my opinion. I'd only ever make them the old fashioned way, regardless of what's recommended. Formula preparation machines are marketed as being a sterile and convenient method of preparing formula feeds at the correct temperature for consumption, within minutes. Whilst the scale of use of these is not known, recent research at Swansea University suggests that 50% of families are using preparation machines (Grant et al, 2023).

The table shows the results for a 500ml flask and a 1litre flask. Please note these are just estimates made by us in a domestic kitchen, and others may find they get different readings depending on types of flasks and thermometers used. New parents have so many things to think about when their little one arrives, and making a bottle is one of them. It sounds like a breeze, but when your baby is hungry you can be sure they’ll let you know about it in great volume! When the pressure is on, it’s difficult to remember the NHS guidelines for preparing a formula feed, but not to worry - we've got you covered. Fabienne: Totally! If I had known about these I would have likely chosen them over my prep-machine, which is usually considered to be a holy item in our household. The starter kit is brilliant and does truly give you everything you need to basically get up and go straight from the off. The fact you can have near enough instantly cooled water which baby can drink straight away is brilliant and saves the wait of cooling bottles in jugs of water or waiting a good 40 minutes for bottles to cool. I love this baby gadget. We recommend that the feed is used immediately (as soon as the Nuby light turns green and indicates the feed has cooled sufficiently), as per the NHS guidelines.

There is no clear guidance around how long infant milk remaining in the bottle may be stored at room temperature after a feed. Where feeds have been started, NHS guidance recommends that any formula leftover in the bottle should be discarded at the end of the feed. Some manufacturers say to dispose of any formula remaining in the bottle immediatley after a feed whilst others say as soon as possible, but at least within 1 hour. Babies may take some time feeding spending time both on and off the bottle and may take as little as a few minutes or much longer when feeding responsively. It would therefore seem practical and consistent with manufacturers recommendations to recommend that prepared formula milk, which has been used for a feed, whether from RTF, or from PIF should spend no longer than 1 hour at room temperature before being discarded.