Morinaga Hagukumi
Stage 1 · JP · skimmed-cow-milk
- Japan MHLW Food Sanitation Act Compliance
- Japanese Domestic Dairy Sourcing
- Maltodextrin
Verified · María López Botín
At a glance
- Brand
- Morinaga
- Stage
- 1 (0–12 months)
- Origin
- JP
- Protein source
- skimmed-cow-milk
- Primary carbohydrate
- lactose
- DHA / ARA (per 100 ml)
- 17 mg / , mg
- Certifications
- Japan MHLW Food Sanitation Act Compliance, Japanese Domestic Dairy Sourcing
- Price (USD / tin)
- $52.00(verified 2026-04-20)
Cost calculator
What does Morinaga Morinaga Hagukumi 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
$252
Year-1 remaining
$1924
9 months
Compared at age 3mo
- Morinaga Morinaga Hagukumi$252/mo
- Nutramigen Nutramigen Ready-to-Feed$57/mo$-195
- Premibio Premibio Premilait Stage 1$161/mo$-91
- Neocate Neocate Syneo Infant$737/mo+$485
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) | 17.0 | 14.0 | 8.0–20.0 |
| Protein (g/100 ml) | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.25–2.50 |
| Iron (mg/100 ml) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50–2.00 |
| Price (USD/oz) | 1.82 | 1.61 | 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 presentYes
- Soy oil or lecithinNo
Red flags (per label)
- Corn syrup solidsNo
- MaltodextrinYes
- CarrageenanNo
- Synthetic beta-caroteneNo
- GMO-derivedNo
Differentiators
- Lactoferrin fortification
- 5-nucleotide complex (Japanese standard)
- Elevated DHA (~17 mg/100ml)
- Japanese domestic dairy sourcing
- Single-stage 0-12 month formulation (Japanese regulatory framework)
- Japan's #2 infant formula brand with lactoferrin + nucleotides + elevated DHA feature set, parallel to Meiji Hohoemi
Ingredients (resolved)
- lactose
- whey-protein-concentrate
- skimmed-cow-milk
- vegetable-oil-blend
- palm-oil
- rapeseed-oil
- sunflower-oil
- coconut-oil
- maltodextrin
- gos
- lactoferrin
- fish-oil
- mortierella-alpina-oil
- nucleotides
- calcium-carbonate
- potassium-chloride
- calcium-phosphate
- magnesium-chloride
- sodium-chloride
- choline
- taurine
- inositol
- iron-sulfate
- zinc-sulfate
- vitamin-c
- vitamin-e
- copper-sulfate
- niacin
- pantothenic-acid
- vitamin-a
- thiamin
- vitamin-b6
- manganese-sulfate
- potassium-iodide
- 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.