Mama Bear Advantage
Stage 1 · US · skimmed-cow-milk
- FDA Infant Formula Registration
- Soy
Verified · María López Botín
At a glance
- Brand
- Mama Bear
- Stage
- 1 (0–12 months)
- Origin
- US
- Protein source
- skimmed-cow-milk
- Primary carbohydrate
- lactose
- DHA / ARA (per 100 ml)
- 11 mg / , mg
- Certifications
- FDA Infant Formula Registration
- Price (USD / tin)
- $22.99(verified 2026-04-20)
Cost calculator
What does Mama Bear Mama Bear Advantage 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.
Daily intake
30 oz
Monthly cost
$138
Year-1 remaining
$1057
9 months
Compared at age 3mo
- Mama Bear Mama Bear Advantage$138/mo
- Nutramigen Nutramigen Ready-to-Feed$57/mo$-82
- Premibio Premibio Premilait Stage 1$161/mo+$22
- Neocate Neocate Syneo Infant$737/mo+$598
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
| Metric | This formula | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHA (mg/100 ml) | 11.0 | 14.0 | 8.0–20.0 |
| Protein (g/100 ml) | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.25–2.50 |
| Iron (mg/100 ml) | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.50–2.00 |
| Price (USD/oz) | 1.00 | 1.64 | 0.88–3.21 |
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 presentNo
- Soy oil or lecithinYes
Red flags (per label)
- Corn syrup solidsNo
- MaltodextrinNo
- CarrageenanNo
- Synthetic beta-caroteneNo
- GMO-derivedNo
Differentiators
- Amazon private-label standard formula
- Perrigo manufacturing quality
- Premium features (GOS + 2'-FL HMO) at private-label pricing
- ~40-50% cost savings vs Similac Pro-Advance or Enfamil NeuroPro
- Amazon's standard infant formula, equivalent to Parent's Choice Advantage Premium and Up&Up Advantage Premium at Amazon's Subscribe & Save subscription pricing
Ingredients (resolved)
- skimmed-cow-milk
- lactose
- vegetable-oil-blend
- safflower-oil
- soybean-oil
- coconut-oil
- whey-protein-concentrate
- gos
- mortierella-alpina-oil
- fish-oil
- potassium-citrate
- potassium-chloride
- calcium-carbonate
- calcium-phosphate
- sodium-citrate
- magnesium-chloride
- choline
- taurine
- l-carnitine
- iron-sulfate
- zinc-sulfate
- vitamin-c
- inositol
- niacin
- pantothenic-acid
- copper-sulfate
- manganese-sulfate
- vitamin-e
- vitamin-a
- thiamin
- vitamin-b2-riboflavin
- vitamin-b6
- folic-acid
- potassium-iodide
- biotin
- vitamin-k1
- sodium-selenite
- vitamin-d3
- vitamin-b12
This site provides research and comparisons, not medical advice. Consult your pediatrician before changing your baby's formula.