PBM Nutritionals Infant Formula University

What is Infant Formula University?

PBM Nutritionals has introduced its own Infant Formula University, a groundbreaking method for communicating the complexity and the quality of its formula production process to employees and other stakeholders.  The intent of Infant Formula University is to educate our employees and retail customers on the hard work and care that goes into making infant formula from start to finish.

Interactive and hands-on, the university curriculum spans two days of on-the-job coursework from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The first day of class begins with a pre-entrance exam to find out what the "students" already know about the infant formula-manufacturing process. After the initial exam, however, students embark on a unique educational experience that involves a variety of applied functions, including:

• Placing base ingredients such as lactose into an auger
• Adding PUFAs—omega-3 (DHA)and omega-6 (ARA) polyunsaturated fatty acids—and other ingredients to the processing mix
• Using computers to track the process of each tank
• Recordkeeping and verifying information
• Working in (and "punching") the Dryer
• Filling, labeling, and tray packing processes

The intent of PBM Infant Formula University is threefold:

1. We want to educate all employees and stakeholders about our core powder infant formula business.
2. We want to expose PBM Companies, employees, and retail partners to the different functions and processes involved in making infant formula.
3. We believe this knowledge will facilitate better decision making that will help us run our baby formula company more effectively.

What is Baby Formula Quiz?

Baby Formula Quiz, at www.BabyFormulaQuiz.com, is also the brainchild of PBM Nutritionals. In the spirit of nutritional education, we created BabyFormulaQuiz.com to extend some of our Infant Formula University curriculum to parents across the country. Interactive and hands-on, our site calculates your Baby Formula IQ based on your answers to our questions.  Our hope is to educate and reward parents with baby formula coupons.

Infant Formula 101

The underlying theme of our educational efforts centers on one important fact:

All infant formulas sold in the United States are required to be manufactured in accordance with, and meet the strict nutritional requirements of, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for infant formula under the regulation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Infant formula manufactured by PBM Nutritionals is nutritionally complete and meets the strict infant formula nutritional guidelines determined by the FDA.

So why pay more for expensive national brand baby formulas?