Parent's Choice Gentle
Stage 1 · US · hydrolyzed-whey
- FDA Infant Formula Registration
- Corn syrup solids
- Soy
Verified · María López Botín
At a glance
- Brand
- Parent's Choice
- Stage
- 1 (0–12 months)
- Origin
- US
- Protein source
- hydrolyzed-whey
- Primary carbohydrate
- corn-syrup-solids
- DHA / ARA (per 100 ml)
- 11 mg / , mg
- Certifications
- FDA Infant Formula Registration
- Price (USD / tin)
- $19.99(verified 2026-04-20)
Cost calculator
What does Parent's Choice Parent's Choice Gentle 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
$120
Year-1 remaining
$920
9 months
Compared at age 3mo
- Parent's Choice Parent's Choice Gentle$120/mo
- Nutramigen Nutramigen Ready-to-Feed$57/mo$-64
- Premibio Premibio Premilait Stage 1$161/mo+$40
- Neocate Neocate Syneo Infant$737/mo+$616
Compared against every other hypoallergenic 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 | 11.0 | 11.0–14.0 |
| Protein (g/100 ml) | 1.50 | 1.69 | 1.35–2.10 |
| Iron (mg/100 ml) | 1.20 | 1.20 | 0.50–1.20 |
| Price (USD/oz) | 0.87 | 2.63 | 0.87–5.32 |
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 lecithinYes
Red flags (per label)
- Corn syrup solidsYes
- MaltodextrinNo
- CarrageenanNo
- Synthetic beta-caroteneNo
- GMO-derivedNo
Differentiators
- Walmart private-label partial hydrolysate
- Perrigo manufacturing
- ~40-50% cost savings vs Enfamil Gentlease
- WIC coverage in many states with medical documentation
- Largest-scale private-label partial hydrolysate in US retail, Walmart Parent's Choice reach makes this the most-accessed gentle formula alternative for WIC and budget-conscious families
Ingredients (resolved)
- corn-syrup-solids
- hydrolyzed-whey
- vegetable-oil-blend
- palm-oil
- soybean-oil
- coconut-oil
- safflower-oil
- lactose
- gos
- mortierella-alpina-oil
- fish-oil
- calcium-phosphate
- potassium-chloride
- calcium-carbonate
- potassium-citrate
- 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.