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Karicare Plus Stage 1, Karicare
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
Volume averages from AAP feeding guidance. Individual intake varies; budget projections are estimates, not prescriptions. Pricing as last verified on the SKU page.
Where Karicare Plus Stage 1 sits among 74 standard formulas in the Atlas.

Compared against every other standard powder formula tracked in the Atlas. Position is not a verdict: more DHA is not automatically better, and a lower price is not automatically worse.

Data table
MetricThis formulaMedianRange
DHA (mg/100 ml)14.014.08.0–20.0
Protein (g/100 ml)1.301.401.25–2.50
Iron (mg/100 ml)0.801.000.50–2.00
Price (USD/oz)1.101.640.88–3.21

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.