The disclosures show what is in the lot. The IRL says what is safe per day. The intersection is what your baby is actually drinking.
Formula is dehydrated. Trace metals concentrate by a factor of 4-7x in the final powder.
Whey is cleanest. Soy carries cadmium. Rice-derived hydrolysate carries arsenic.
Pre-1986 service line adds to the dose the formula already carries.
A typical 0-6mo baby drinks 24 oz of prepared formula. At dataset-average, that contributes 1.4-3.1 µg of lead per day. The IRL is 2.2 µg/day total.
This is not "formula is poisoning your baby." This is "the IRL is tight enough that a normal day already brushes it, and adding anything on top pushes it over."
Lookup at /check-your-dish?cat=formula.
Whey-protein hydrolysate consistently tests lower than rice hydrolysates.
NSF/ANSI 53 filter rated for lead.
The painted measurement marks get one drop and 30 seconds.
