Karicare Soy

It does taste like potatoes – I was hoping this would be helpful. My baby is extremely gassy. I have read soy can help if there’s lactose intolerance. Both me and my husband have lactose intolerance and I am concerned I passed it on. I tasted this to see why he rejected it so profusely. It honestly tastes like brown potato skin. I have had a hard time with bottle aversion but… Read more

now he is rejecting formula because they make him sick or cause pain from gas. I wish I could get my money back. He drank half a mil if that and was absolutely repulsed and I don’t blame him.

Great formula for CMPA – Our 9 month old has CMPA and he loved this from the first bottle we gave him. I wish I’d tried it a lot sooner. Dissolved well and no weird flavour.  Show details

Worked for milk allergy but made baby constipated – My baby has a milk allergy so tried this brand. He didn’t have any allergy reactions taking it which was good but it did make him really constipated. It does taste very bland compared to other formulas. Show details

Made my daughter consipated and stinks – My daughter was having issues with bowel movements from 6 weeks old. I took her to see a different doctor as it was a Saturday arvo and we couldn’t get in to see our regular for a week or so. Long story short, he blamed the formula she was on and said she needed to be put on karicare soy. This made her EVEN more constipated. She was screaming in… Read more

pain after every bottle and she would only do number 2’s on this formula minimum every 9 days. In the 4 weeks she was on this she only put on 500g. After we swapped she put on 1.4kg in 5 weeks.

It didn’t matter how well or how many times I washed the bottles it would leave residue all over them, I was scrubbing them in boiling hot water multiple times with a bottle brush and scourer before sterilising them and they still had to be cleaned before I could use them. And as for mixing the formula, I had to shake for a good 5 mins because it would all clump into big chunks.

No issues whatsoever with every other formula. I would stay away from this or any soy. Our paediatrician said there is absolutely no reason for a baby to be on soy even if they are lactose intolerant because there are other lactose free options out there. I would ask for a second opinion if a dr recommended this.

I understand everyone’s babies are different and this was just our experience.

Suitable for my milk-allergy baby; no issues – Weaned off breastmilk after 1 year of feeding; had to combine this in bottle with expressed breastmilk for the first week to get baby used to the taste, as it's so different to BM. Baby seems to have milk allergy so cow's milk formula is out of the question at the moment (we have allergy testing booked in next month, baby gets terrible rash and… Read more

hives all over face after eating tiny amount of dairy product).

Haven't had any constipation or gas issues at all; the only problem I have with this formula is the quantity advice on the tin - there is no way my (perfectly healthy & hungry) 1-year-old will drink those huge quantities each day!! Check with your doctor if you're not sure whether your baby is getting enough, and keep getting baby weighed to check they're on track .. esp over the time you switch from BM/formula, or between different formulas.

I haven't tried other soy formulas, as this one is readily available at my supermarket, therefore the cheapest. I don't find it that hard to clean out the bottles (as others have mentioned); you just need to stick some detergent & hot water in them, and swish a bottle brush around, before wedging into the dishwasher. I still sterilise after that too, just to be safe. I don't think this is too much hassle - considering all the nutrients they get from it! Bubs is worth it .. just thankful there is a formula my baby can have! Was worried we would have soy allergy to worry about too .. but all good so far.

Was surprised to find negative reviews about this product - if my baby had a negative reaction to this sort of thing, I would consult a doctor rather than assuming it's the fault of a dud product - there might be an underlying issue causing these problems and it would be awful to leave it unchecked!! If in doubt, visit doctor! Babies are too precious.

Great solution for our baby – Our baby was fed Breast milk as long as we could. We suspected he was allergic to cow's milk because he would get a rash around his mouth from the tiniest amount. Ended up trying this as it was just available from Woolworths where we shop and seemed to be the cheapest available anyway. I had some initial concerns as using soy as a main food… Read more

ingredient - there's plenty of haters on google but i weighed up the evidence and figured it was safe. Except for his first bottle in the morning, we give him home made vegies or similar before his bottle - so he's getting plenty of other nutrients. I looked at other options apart from soy - such as goat and some countries ( England included ) don't recommend it under any circumstances.

Our baby was 6 weeks early so he's always be behind in his weight - since the change he hasn't looked back - in fact he is steadily gaining ground - so it cant be hurting him. I understand this is probably different for everyone, but we have noticed no difference with his behaviour / feeding + nappies etc. He has always been a happy chap ( thankfully!!) and this didn't change when he changed to this. We never had any reason to try another soy formula so we just stuck with this one. Grateful that we found a solution that worked for our son.

At first we found it difficult to mix but then we found it mixes a lot more easily when cold. Now we mix the correct amount of formula in cooled boiled water and top up with freshly boiled water and its quick and easy.

You have to clean the bottles with a brush before putting it in the dishwasher otherwise they don't clean perfectly.

Looking for a vegan alternative! This works great – My daughter loves this formula! We’ve had no issues from the very beginning. Easy transition from breastfeeding. It’s very sneaky that companies implement milk within our baby formulas knowing that dairy is terrible for our gut health, let alone newborn babies. I’m glad I’ve come across this. Easy purchase from coles too. Very affordable

Good but lumpy – We started using this formula because of a suspected cows protein allergy and some pretty horrible eczema. Since using it he has stopped vomiting and his eczema has largely cleared up. The only problem with the formula is that I can’t seem to make it without getting lumps which inevitably block the test, so I have been straining it every time I make it.

Good, but stinky poohs – We found that our child enjoyed this formula, and was a good substitute for dairy (which seemed to effect his skin), but man does it make the poohs stinky! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Hard to mix and led to constipation – My daughter had been using goat milk formula due to a dairy intolerance, which was extremely expensive, so while I appreciate the pricing of the Karicare soy, after just a week of use I have found that unfortunately it's very hard to mix through. There are clumps even with vigorous shaking for several minutes. My baby's poos have become like… Read more

play-dough consistency after changing to Karicare soy, and she appears to be in tummy pain each day with constipation. Previously the poo was very normal for the past 6 months. I won't be using this again.

Its not as good as the s26 gold soy – Ive found with ALL soy formula its hard to incorporate together.. Ive been using Karicare Soy for the last week and a half due to a shortage of s26 gold soy formula because of the rebranding. Ive found that Karicare Soy doesnt taste like soy like the s26 gold soy does, karicare tastes abit watery..

Just a big bunch of vomit – Tried this formula to see if it would be less foamy then bellaymes organic and yes it is less foamy but that's where the positives ended. After each bottle bubs vomitted basically all of it back up and was unsettled. Also unrelated to the formula but when going to the karicare website to review products i don't like the in your face breast is best… Read more

tab that comes up before you enter the site way to go there making a first time mum who can't breast feed feel bad. Perhaps change this to fed is best and acknowledge that not all mums are able to breastfeed.

Great alternative to cows milk – Just started trying the new formula for my 9mth old with dairy intolerance I found this easy to access at Coles at a good price It has been easy on her tummy and she seems to like taste I would certainly recommend to any mums looking for dairy alternatives Thanks

Life saving – Our son was on nornal formula for the first few months of life. He constantly had the runs and a sore stomach. We switched to other brands over the next 3 months and nothing seemed to be working until I assumed he may be lactose intolerant so I wanted to try him on this brand. He came good within 2 weeks and started to pack the weight on. He's an… Read more

absolute fatty now at 10 months. We really appreciated having this option more so mum because she can sleep better at night now.

good formula – we have choosen Karicare+Soy as we are vegans and were looking for vegan friendly option of formula for our baby. we have started formula when babt was 6 months and Karicare+ Soy was our first formula we tried. baby is 9 months and so far we are happy with our choice. it is easy to prepare. water needs to be warm though. baby seems enjoying. no side effects noticed.

Affordable, excellent quality – I've been using this formula for 8 months now after realising my dd has a dairy allergy. Easy to prepare, sometimes won't mix properly if its too hot or cold, great tin, easy to use. Really quite affordable which is excellent when its an essential product required for my daughter.

Great Product – Great product for my little one at a great price. Living in a small town we don't have many options but this is great change to it as it's available at 2 of my local supermarkets where the one we used before was only available at a chemist and they don't open Sundays. The only down fall is they never go on special.

Great alternative to cow's formula – Baby is allergic to cow's milk so was recommended to try a soy formula. This is great as it doesn't trigger any reaction, and tastes much better than hydralised formulas. It is as easy to prepare as any other formula and is a great alternative to cow's formula if you need it.

Works for us – Our little one is allergic to dairy and egg and soy formula is what we've been using for the last 12 months. we tried a few other brands but this worked well for us and is priced at the lower end compared to the other soy options would definitely recommend

Perfect for my fairy-intolerant baby – I’ve been using this formula as needed for my baby for about 6 months. He’s mostly breastfed, but we have the formula for those times when I’m out/unavailable for a feed. At first he didn’t like the taste but quickly got used to it. We haven’t noticed any negative side effects, and the scoop and levelling off part of the tin make it easy to… Read more

prepare. The only thing I would say is that it would be great to have different stages like in other formulas, including one with added DHA.

If they stopped making this, it's big trouble! – Coles, Woolies, IGA, etc. Try finding another alternative for Soy Formula. If it isn't for Karicare Soy I have no idea what my baby could consume being allergic to dairy. No constipation, no colic as far as I can tell. My baby has taken this for 2 years now (since off breast milk) and I guess my only concern is the speed of consumption at the… Read more

moment! I have to buy a new can every 10 days or so! Would be nice if I could bulk buy this (for a cheaper unit price) somewhere.

A great substitute for cow's milk – When we found out that our baby is allergic to dairy we decided to switch his formula to Karicare soy based milk. The formula is easy to prepare and easy on my baby's stomach. He has no problem at all with formula, his stool was normal. He is almost 2 years old and still enjoying this milk.

Easy to mix when you're up at 2am lol – My daughter has allergies to normal cow formula so Karicare+ soy is the perfect option for her. It is really easy to mix especially in the early hours of the morning (we all know how important that is). My daughter seems to love it and always is asking for more.

can't live without it – My sons been on karicare+soy since he was 2 months 9 months and still going strong. He a happy healthy little man he loves his bottles he. Gets so excited when he see it

Only Soy Formula on Shelf – I could not find alternative soy formula for my toddler besides Karicare Soy. My toddler has been taking this since 8 months old. I will be very happy if the manufacturers could look at removing corn syrup solids from the ingredients. Price has been constant at AUD20 a can, thanks.

Only formula our 8 month old will drink – We had to switch our exclusively breastfed baby onto formula abruptly when we found out we were expecting again. He had been seen by a paediatrician for a suspected for a lactose and cows milk protein intolerance but the paediatrician recommended to trial him on regular formula. We spent a lot of money trying him on 6 different formulas aiming for… Read more

the more expensive brands, including an organic one and lactose free one.

He absolutely refused any formula and turned his face away in disguust at each bottle no matter how hard he tried. They say a baby "will suck or starve"; well ours was deciding to survive solely on food! I noticed his eczema worsening at even the tiniest amount he accepted. Eventually after a few weeks of stress I decided to try Karicare soy milk formula and what do you know....he loves it! He finished 2 250mls bottles today and this is a massive breakthrough and so far no fussiness or stomach upset.

Needless to say we are so relieved we found this!

Stinky and sticky – Not only did this constipate my daughter to the extreme it made her vomit bad.. it stuck inside all the bottles even after soaking them in hot water.. I felt you needed to use way to much formula. Great thing is it's not too expensive so that's a bonus. I have switched to goats milk now so I'll see how this goes.

Excellent product – Since I am not tolerant to milk-based powders and am lactose intolerant, this product from Karicare was something that I had been looking for for some time now. I agree that the taste is not so great but it seems to work fine. Anyways, a good attempt at making a soy-based powder product.

Almost perfect for my baby – After trying over 7 different "cow based" formulas my Doctor suggested we try a Soy formula for our baby as since birth she suffered with horrendous silent reflux and colic. Almost instantly we had a new baby! She sleeps over 10 hours all through the night and is so much happier. The only thing that is bad is that she get extremely constipated… Read more

which is not just this formulas fault - it is pretty much a problem with all soy based baby formula. We have her on coloxal drops as well as a small amount of prune juice and it helps a lot.

Great for baby with dairy allergy – After numerous attempts at dairy free formula (my baby has a severe dairy allergy) we stumbled upon this. He wouldn't drink Neocate and got a slight reaction to S26 soy but this has been a hit from the beginning. My only con (if any) is it's slightly clumpy but if you mix it up with a fork it's fine.

Constpistion!! – My Gp recommended I try soy as my little one was very gassy from both BF & formula.. First night I thought wow!! Great she drunk it & slept straight through no gas no pain.. Now I don't think either of those were from the formula, she is soooooo constipated! I tried coloxyL drop juice water water and sugar..still she's in pain now I just have to… Read more

wait & hope it happens naturally, I think this is normal for soy milk..I certainly won't be giving it to her again, I rated 3 stars cause every baby is different, it definitely took away her gas but it made other things worse..Constipation from the first bottle- back to square one for me

Excellent formula, happy baby – We have a baby with cow protein allergy. We initially had her on s26 gold but bub had vomiting, diarrhea, painful belly. She wouldn't sleep longer than 20 mins at a time and constantly cried. We thought it might be lactose intolerance so switched to aptamil lactose free but she soon developed eczema on top of her current symptoms. S26… Read more

lactose free was no help either so we tried karicare soy and had instant relief. Our grizzly 6 week old slept 8 hours! Over the following week all her symptoms disappeared and she has no issues whatsoever. Our Paediatrician recommended alfaré formula on prescription but our bub found the taste disgusting and refused to drink it. So we decided to stay with Karicare soy. Totally different baby and we couldn't be happier.

Great Product – My baby has been breastfed and mix fed until I returned to work at 8 months old. She has a dairy intolerance, and I tried all other formulas (lactose free, goats milk). This is the only one that she does't vomit with. She seems to enjoy the taste, has not been constipated and has been really easy to wean off breast milk. Highly recommend this product for dairy allergies/intolerance.

Fantastic – My child has a milk protien allergy- and most likely anaphylaxis to dairy. He hated the taste of Karicare Aptamil no matter how I tried to hide it in breast milk. The first day I gave him this, it was like a sigh of relief. He loved it. And now drinks all the time Not too expensive. Baby loves the taste Nothing

Great – My son is lactose intolerant, suspected milk protein int and silent reflux. This formula is great, and have noticed a massive difference although it did not help with his reflux. My son liked the taste and have had no problems with him on it. Would recommend this to anyone with a baby that has intolerances/allergies. Did wonders for intolerances A bit hard to mix