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Organic Baby Foods from Ulula - Frequently Asked Questions
Ulula is your UK online shop for organic baby and toddler foods. We specialise in infant milk formula, jars, porridges and finger foods that compliment your home made weaning recipes. We sell only products that are certified organic and have comprehensive biodynamic, vegan, gluten free and allergy aware ranges. Download our free weaning diet plan and homemade recipes for babies.
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- What if I don't want to order online?
- What is Demeter – biodynamic?
- Can infant formula milk provide all proteins, fat, vitamins and minerals similar to those in breast milk?
- Why is infant formula milk modified?
- Why is sunflower oil added to infant formula?
- Why do I need to wait 4 to 6 months before introducing new foods?
- What if I don't want to order online?
- If you do not wish to place your order online you can do so over the phone, or through the post. Please make a note of your purchases and phone or write, along with your contact details, using the information on our Contact Us page. We will ring you back to confirm the order and take your payment details.
Download our product and price lists in PDF format >> - What is Demeter – biodynamic?
- Demeter is the brand for products from organic biodynamic agriculture. Demeter is the only ecological association that has built up a network of individually certified organisations world-wide. Demeter-International represents around 3000 Demeter organic producers in nearly 40 countries.
- Today, Demeter is a leader of biodynamic certification and awareness, investing in and activating self-sustaining resources that make an impact on farm communities and the consumers they serve.
- Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, saw a correlation between science, nature, universal laws and spiritual concerns. Gravitational laws, found by Isaac Newton, prove that the tide is affected by the gravitational pull of the moon. This affects the water content of the soil, creates more moisture in the soil at the time of the new and full moon. Seeds start to sprout and grow because of the increased moisture.
- A healthy environment is established when the land is worked with an understanding of the interaction of nature, universe and humnan-kind. Much skill is required on the part of the farmer/gardener to create a self-contained farm and garden. The ideal set-up is a mixed farm and garden with livestock and fodder crops, producing its own manure for the soil. All different ‘organs’ such as fields, the animals, meadows interrelate and should not produce more than what is needed by the other ‘organs’ except for human consumption. Artificial fertilizers or bought-in feed, which not belong in this organism, is not introduced in the farm and garden.
- These ‘organs’ look after the unit as a whole. This means a farm should not have more cattle than it can support itself and whose manure it can use on its own fields and meadows. Conversely, only as many crops will be grown as can be fertilized by naturally produced fertilizers.
- All together there is an increasingly higher demand to strengthen and restore the soil and plants. Preparations which are used in biodynamic farming are comparable to the effect of a homeopathic remedy and ensure that life and astral forces have better access to the whole land, farm and animal husbandry.
- Demeter is the trademark of biodynamic standards ensuring the highest quality produce and is recognised worldwide.
- Can infant formula milk provide all proteins, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc. similar to those in breast milk?
- Breastfeeding provides your baby with the best start in life. Breast milk contains all the nutrients your baby needs in the right proportion; it contains antibodies which help your baby to build up resistance to infections like coughs or colds. Your baby may be less likely to develop allergies if breast fed and therefore breast milk is the best source of nutrition for healthy babies.
- Infant formulas must provide energy, fat, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals and trace elements. All levels of each nutrient provided are specified by law. Vitamins, minerals and trace elements are added to infant formulas during manufacture to meet the infant's nutritional needs in order to comply with legal requirements.
- Why is infant formula milk modified?
- Mature breast milk contains about 7% carbohydrate which is present as lactose. In infant formulas the carbohydrate level of cow's milk is adjusted to match that of breast milk. The milk sugar, lactose and sometimes other approved carbohydrate sources are used for this purpose.
- Vitamins, minerals and trace elements are added to infant formulas during manufacture to meet the infant's nutritional needs in order to comply with legal requirements.
- Because of their iron content follow-on milks are an appropriate alternative to whole cows' milk.
- Why is sunflower oil added to infant formula?
- Essential fatty acids cannot be formed by humans. We must take them up with our food. Unsaturated essential fatty acids are linol acid and linolen acid which are contained in considerable quantities in sea-fish, vegetable oil or sunflower oil.
- Why do I need to wait 4 to 6 months before introducing new foods?
- First, the baby's stomach is not ready to digest food before this time. And second, the infants have an "extrusion reflex" which means that they instinctively push their tongues out when they are given foods - it will take time for them to lose this "extrusion reflex." Your baby will show signs when he/she is ready to begin with solids and juices, such as curiosity about the foods you eat and frequent crying between feedings.