Karicare
Karicare Plus Stage 1
Stage 1 · NZ · skimmed-cow-milk
- FSANZ Food Standards Code Compliance
- New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Verified · María López Botín
At a glance
- Brand
- Karicare
- Stage
- 1 (0–6 months)
- Origin
- NZ
- Protein source
- skimmed-cow-milk
- Primary carbohydrate
- lactose
- DHA / ARA (per 100 ml)
- 14 mg / — mg
- Certifications
- FSANZ Food Standards Code Compliance, New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
- Price (USD / tin)
- $35.00(verified 2026-04-20)
Cost calculator
What does Karicare Karicare Plus Stage 1 actually cost?
Slide to your baby's age. Numbers reflect AAP-typical consumption with peak at 3–6 months and tapering after solid foods at 6 months.
03691215+
Daily intake
30 oz
Monthly cost
$152
Year-1 remaining
$1163
9 months
Compared at age 3mo
- Karicare Karicare Plus Stage 1$152/mo
- Nutramigen Nutramigen Ready-to-Feed$57/mo$-96
- Premibio Premibio Premilait Stage 1$161/mo+$8
- Neocate Neocate Syneo Infant$737/mo+$584
Fat blend composition
Palm oil supplies palmitic acid (~25% of breast-milk fatty acids). Whole-milk fat preserves natural sn-2 palmitate and MFGM; sn-2 palmitate (structured palm) addresses the position issue; standard palm + supplementary oils is the conventional EU-organic approach. See the palm oil explainer for the hierarchy.
- Palm oil presentYes
- Soy oil or lecithinNo
Red flags (per label)
- Corn syrup solidsNo
- MaltodextrinNo
- CarrageenanNo
- Synthetic beta-caroteneNo
- GMO-derivedNo
Differentiators
- New Zealand grass-fed dairy sourcing (MPI-certified)
- Danone/Nutricia heritage dating to 1913
- Long-established NZ/AU mass-market brand
- Nutricia Pronutra GOS+FOS prebiotic
- New Zealand's longest-established infant formula brand — combines century-old brand heritage with Danone's global Nutricia R&D and NZ grass-fed dairy sourcing
Ingredients (resolved)
- skimmed-cow-milk
- lactose
- vegetable-oil-blend
- palm-oil
- rapeseed-oil
- sunflower-oil
- coconut-oil
- whey-protein-concentrate
- gos
- fos
- fish-oil
- mortierella-alpina-oil
- calcium-carbonate
- potassium-chloride
- vitamin-c
- calcium-phosphate
- magnesium-chloride
- sodium-chloride
- iron-sulfate
- zinc-sulfate
- vitamin-e
- copper-sulfate
- niacin
- pantothenic-acid
- vitamin-a
- thiamin
- vitamin-b6
- manganese-sulfate
- potassium-iodate
- folic-acid
- vitamin-k1
- biotin
- sodium-selenite
- vitamin-d3
- vitamin-b12
This site provides research and comparisons, not medical advice. Consult your pediatrician before changing your baby's formula.