I'm very confused on the difference. Everywhere online it says stage 2 has more iron in it, which I understand is very similar to every other formula designed for babies 6-12months. But why do the ingredients vary so much? Why not just add extra iron? My baby is just 6 months so I could stick with the stage 1 longer, my baby gets constipated with too much iron anyway. But stage 1 has more whey powder and LCP oils, and the added vitamins and minerals are organized differently. This is so overly complicated. For my first I did stage 1 until 12 months and it was perfect.
Stage 1 Ingredients: Organic skimmed milk, organic whey powder (partially demineralised), organic vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), organic lactose, organic galacto-oligosaccharides (from lactose), whey protein, potassium chloride, LCP oils (fish oil, vegetable oil from Mortierella alpina), sodium citrate, L-tyrosine, zinc, sulphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium salts of orthophosphoric acid, vitamin C, Ltryptophan, ferrous sulphate, vitamin A, inositol, pantothenic acid, niacin, copper sulphate, thiamin (vitaminB1), vitamin B6, potassium iodate, vitamin E, manganese sulphate, folic acid, vitamin K, sodium selenite, vitamin D, riboflavin (vitamin B2), biotin
Stage 2 Ingredients: Organic skimmed milk, organic vegetable oils (organic palm oil, organic rapeseed oil, organic sunfloweroil), organic lactose, organic whey powder partially demineralised, fibre (organic galacto-oligosaccharide, from organic lactose), calcium carbonate, vitamin C, ferrous sulphate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, L-tryptophan, zinc sulphate, magnesium carbonate, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, copper sulphate, vitamin A, thiamin (vitamin B1), vitamin B6, riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Stage 1 Ingredients: Organic skimmed milk, organic whey powder (partially demineralised), organic vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), organic lactose, organic galacto-oligosaccharides (from lactose), whey protein, potassium chloride, LCP oils (fish oil, vegetable oil from Mortierella alpina), sodium citrate, L-tyrosine, zinc, sulphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium salts of orthophosphoric acid, vitamin C, Ltryptophan, ferrous sulphate, vitamin A, inositol, pantothenic acid, niacin, copper sulphate, thiamin (vitaminB1), vitamin B6, potassium iodate, vitamin E, manganese sulphate, folic acid, vitamin K, sodium selenite, vitamin D, riboflavin (vitamin B2), biotin
Stage 2 Ingredients: Organic skimmed milk, organic vegetable oils (organic palm oil, organic rapeseed oil, organic sunfloweroil), organic lactose, organic whey powder partially demineralised, fibre (organic galacto-oligosaccharide, from organic lactose), calcium carbonate, vitamin C, ferrous sulphate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, L-tryptophan, zinc sulphate, magnesium carbonate, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, copper sulphate, vitamin A, thiamin (vitamin B1), vitamin B6, riboflavin (vitamin B2)