In the 1970s, babies in Third World nations were dying when they might have been thriving. The apparent culprit: ersatz mother's milk made from powder. The Nestle Company, a Swiss-based multinational, had identified Third World mothers as a high-growth marketing opportunity. Nestle baby formula was aggressively pushed as the "modern" way to feed infants. In the developed world, baby formula works fine. It may not be as good as mother's milk, but it's reasonably close. As long as the bottles and rubber nipples for the formula are properly sterilized, the mixing water reasonably pure, and the mixing proportions right, babies do well on it.
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