Brezza x Bobbie - more formula than instructed

[ornateotron]

Our LO, 5 weeks, was having constipation. Our pediatrician recommend we check if the Brezza was giving too much formula / too little water. So I ran some tests with a food scale.

Bobbie calls for 8.6g for every 2 oz of water.

My results: on setting #5, on average, the Brezza produced 9.7g of formula for every 2 oz of water. The range was between 9.2g and 10.1g. I ran 20 measurements.

We started adding a small amount of extra water (~6ml per 2 oz of water) to the brezza made bottle and baby has been back to normal poops and gaining weight nicely.

Could just be our machine but I figured I'd post here in case anyone was going through a similar experience!

[Interestingly enough, setting #4 produced closer results to the Bobbie instructions with ~8.4g of formula, on average, for every 2 oz of water]

 

[ghost13]

@ornateotron Baby Brezza has had tons of issues accurately dispensing formula. We weighed the formula with a kitchen scale and the correct amount of fluid and compared it to the Baby Brezza dispensed amount and it was always off. In our case, it consistently overdispensed water and under dispensed formula. I believe there is a class action.

Here is a NYT article about it from 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/technology/baby-brezza-formula-pro-health-risks.html

 

[rlb]

@ghost13 See lots, and lots of posts in this sub about problems with the Brezza...

 

[dgodshelp7]

@rlb I almost got one then I saw soooo many posts of these issues and…. I’ll stick with the pitcher and bottle warmer lol

 

[ajc017]

@ornateotron We have been using the Brezza w our baby (6weeks) the setting when we set it up listed on website was 4. It does indeed say 5 now. Was it changed? I know Bobbie just had a slight formula change, did that affect it?

 

[ornateotron]

@ajc017 Wait - you're totally right! We had been gifted a few cans of Bobbie so I chalked it up to an old version. But that can now says 5 now as well. They must have changed it recently.

 

[vdma]

@ornateotron So is it better to just stick to setting #4?

 

[tarabear349]

@vdma

you're totally right! We had been gifted a few cans of Bobbie so I chalked it up to an old version.

I think #4 is closer to 8.5g per 2oz for the Organic Infant Formula

 

[chumpglows]

@ornateotron THANK YOU!! Just checked ours because of this post and ours was off too. Too much water not enough formula.

 

[chenoodles]

@ornateotron And how accurate are the scoops provided with each formula? - I just took 2 measures with a 1/100th gram scale, and got 3.99 and 4.3 for a 4.2 grams per scoop formula. So the whole debate might be a bit of an overkill?

 

[youthlovingrn]

@ornateotron Hi how did you test? Would like to do the same

 

[ornateotron]

@youthlovingrn Followed the instructions on the site: https://babybrezza.com/blogs/news/h...pro-to-ensure-it-dispenses-formula-accurately

But I used parchment paper instead of saran wrap - I found the formula to stick less and was easier to measure more accurately.

 

[jlwdkw293]

@ornateotron We had issues with the Brezza and switched to the pitcher. It’s super easy and I know it’s correct.

 

[stevensadler1991]

@ornateotron Darn I just tested ours and it's also dispensing too much powder

 

[tarabear349]

@ornateotron This is exactly the same problem I have had with Bobbie x Brezza. I got it a few days ago. I used the recommended setting (#5) and in my tests it dispensed at a minimum a gram more of formula for 2oz so about 9.8g (similar to what you observed).

I then changed the setting on the brezza to #4 and measured again. The formula quantity is closer to the 8.5g recommended by Bobbie on their can (still on the higher side)