Where to Buy European Infant Formula

We love Hipp & Holle formula for our babies. We order them and get a decent discount at formularus. If you stock up, you can get free shipping if you order enough.

Recently decided to stop breastfeeding and was so happy to find OrganicBabyShop. We’ve been ordering Holle from them and both shipments came very fast (few days) and it really is one of the best formulas out there, very similar to breastmilk. Super happy with organicbabyshop.com

Donot order from beyond organics, they offer no contact or support service, you wont even receive any kind of tracking number for your order nor person to answer on their number. Its big issue and not trustworthy

I have ordered from 3C’s Organics many times for our babies. They are a family owned business in South Carolina and are spot on with their customer service. This is their website: http://3csorganic.com/ They have a great selection of Holle, HiPP, Lebenswert, and Topfer formulas, cereals, porridges, and other snacks for the whole family. They have been adding many new products to their website lately as well, which is even better for my family. Excellent customer service and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to anybody looking to get this excellent organic baby formula. The owner, Carl, is a blessing and such a help anytime we are in need. I believe that they can ship internationally as well. Within the United States, they also offer FREE USPS shipping. That is such a help to our family as well. They also offer discounts throughout the year and even promotions on Facebook. Their customer referral and buyers reward program beat just about anybody out there. Such a great company. I won’t ever change. I can trust they will get me the formula my babies need in a very quick way and with the best customer service out there.

Natural Baby Organics also carries Holle and Lebenswert formulas at drastically lower prices than the two recommended stores and they offer free shipping. http://www.naturalbabyorganics.com/

Thanks so much for the info! Just placed my first order with Little World Organics!

I just bought Holle Follow-on formula for our 7 month old son from Babykindmarket.com. They shipped really fast, and the product came in a sealed, German-language box. I’ll definitely order from them again.

Get the lowest price and free shipping on all orders nationwide. You can save more on bulk orders on top of our already reduced prices. Organicbaby15.com

For others are wondering if Beyond Organics Baby is a legit supplier of Holle formula, I suggest you check out the recent comments on their Facebook page. I was trying to research them and came across their page with recent negative comments (one was written today)… it appears no one can get a hold of their customer service team and many are receiving incorrect orders (if at all). So I’m obviously not going to order from them, but wanted to share my findings because I had to do some digging before coming to this conclusion.

> hi,
> first and foremost thank you for doing all this research. having a baby is overwhelming enough let alone vetting out all these products out on the market.
> I am a first time mom and find myself buried in questions and was wondering if you can help me. my daughter was born 6 weeks early (premie) and is very colic. she just turned 5 months old and she is still colic and very fussy (primarily due to gas and early stages of teething). she is solely on formula right now (similiac sensitive). though it has helped her gain weight (she is 15 pounds now) I worry about all the ingredients. I am seriously considering switching over to Lebenswert. However, I noticed that Lebenswert, HIPP, and Holle have only half the nutrients that Similiac and Enfamil contain. Should I be worried about that? Should I give my daughter additional iron and vitamin supplements if I decide to switch to Lebenswert? is that something you would recommend? I value you opinion and hope to hear back from you soon.

Hi Maia,

Thank you for everything you’ve done. Thank god we found you, now our baby can get a healthy formula. Also we searched and found organicbaby15.com and they have the lowest prices of organic baby formulas in the USA with free fast shipping and great service. Hope you recommend them instead of the other overcharging companies.

Thank You
E

Limited time only.
Buy 15 or more boxes of Lebenswert and price can get as low as $20 a box. With free 2-3 day shipping nationwide.
Reg price $25 with free shipping

As a businessman myself who deals in wholesale goods.I did some research myself. There is some suppliers on aliabba who offer Holle, but not the Lebenswert that i could see. As a soon to be dad, i wanted to have a little bit on hand in case the whole breastfeeding thing doesn’t happen or is impossible for whatever reason with my SO. So of course i checked eBay, like everyone knows.Ebay is full of fake goods etc. I noticed that a lot of sellers on there are offering a product that expires 2/17 . Which is interesting because organicmunchkins newest batches are also dated that same time. Most fake products are copied over and over, Meaning same serial #, same date etc.. I don’t believe most of these on eBay are fake. And if you can save $10 from another website… on a formula that costs less than $10usd in a european store.I think you should do it. There is a lot of sellers on there with sorts of quantities, i see from germany you can get them about about $17 each with free shipping. I will probably try a few from each website, and make sure none of the batch # times match.That’s a red flag. That being said, years and years ago they had some fake formula thing going on in china and many were arrested and children died, i don’t think these products could be counterfeit,,

Thank you Organic Munchkin for going out of your way to help me out! My daughter is 6 months old and we are currently visiting NYC for the holidays. I unexpectedly ran out of Holle and tried using another organic brand from Whole Foods but my daughter had a reaction to it. I sent a SOS request to Peter and he was highly responsive and flexible to ensure my daughter got her supply of Holle in less than 24 hours! I have a happy girl again 🙂 I am very grateful. Highly recommend them.

Hi Maia,

Do you know why HIPP formula isn’t sold on Amazon anymore? I’m curious as to what their reasoning was.

Did anyone buy from organicmunchkin.com ?

have you heard of below for buyiing HIPP or HOLLE?
http://www.britsuperstore.com/usa/

Thank you for providing all your info, opinions, and support to help us lead healthier lives.
I will say after reading the posts I’ve become quite concerned with buying from online dealers to get holle formula. I’ve used Tora Foods because LWO is often sold out. I would love if you have knowledge on another company that you have vetted (or can you please vet at least one more) to help with giving options for ordering.
Thank you again!!!!!

I have recently purchased Holle from Tora Foods and have no complaints, my little one seems to love this formula and is responding well. My pediatrician recommended supplementing formula with breastfeeding because he was not gaining enough weight in correlation to his height. He is now seven weeks old and with the supplementation of Holle he has been gaining the recommended weight and is a much happier baby! I am glad to see that you have taken the time to find a legitimate source for Holle and HiPP, like most mothers at the end of the day all we want is to provide our child with the best nutrition possible. My only question is, what European retailers is LWO purchasing from? I know you mentioned her supply chain was “straightforward” but I was just curious about how she obtains these products with the language barrier issues. I myself am considering switching to LWO for shipping purposes, the 2-4 weeks shipping can be a bit of a headache when ordering internationally. Thanks!

Thank you for the information! I have been buying HiPP from britishsuperstoresdirect.com and have had only great interactions / experiences with them. I know that they ship from Colorado and that they have free tracked shipping that usually arrives no later than 5 business days later. I was wondering if you’ve heard anything about them and if you asked where their supply comes from? They say on their site that they deal with distributors in Britain to get their supply. They do not seem shady at all and quickly respond to any questions I’ve ever asked. Also, the packages don’t seem shady at all or messed with which is something I didn’t even think about until reading this post! I would recommend them to anyone but was just wondering your take on them if any at all.

I have ordered Hipp online through forumuland….and now I am of course worrying that they are not legit. My son is mostly breast-fed so only gets a formula bottle once or twice a week when supply is low but still worried :/

Did you research them?

I just bought Holle formula online on Amazon through superfooduk today, before I found this article. Now I’m worried that what I’m going to get might not actually be Holle formula. Has anyone ordered through this vendor on Amazon? Or does anyone know anything about it? The reviews were positive…

Unfortunately a number of health complications prevented me from having a successful nursing relationship with my little girl. After numerous visits to a lactation consultant, lots of extra support from my doula, a La Leche League Leader, much effort with a supplemental nursing system, and practically treating my hospital-grade pump as an extension of my body to stimulate supply, my babe was only transferring an average of half an ounce per nursing session and consequently kept losing weight beyond the ten percent dip following birth. Under adamant medical advice, my husband and I made the painful decision to switch to formula.

Although we desperately wanted her on the best organic formula available, she began showing many symptoms of a cow’s milk protein allergy and began losing weight again due to malabsorption and lots of diarrhea, which of course further triggered the guilt and pain associated with not being able to breastfeed. She has since been on Nutramigen, which she refused to eat and Elecare, prescribed by her allergist, which she also didn’t do so well on. I cringed reading the ingredients in these formulas and felt very defeated in knowing that there aren’t any organic/GMO-free hypoallergenic options, aside from the WAP liver based formula which I just didn’t feel brave/equipped/confident enough to attempt. I also wasn’t so sure that her symptomatology was in fact reflective of a protein allergy, but perhaps more of a lactase deficiency. I trusted my mama instinct and after much diligent research, switched her to Baby’s Only Lacto Relief. Her personality began to come out, she began to smile more and her poop was healthy looking for the first time since switching to formula.

All this to say that before the allergy/lactose issues emerged, I had full intentions to feed her Holle. I contacted Little World Organics and exchanged a number of emails with Elleigh who was extraordinarily attentive, prompt and empathetic in her responses. I so appreciated the time that she took to respond thoughtfully to my questions. You can absolutely tell that the mamas who run LWO truly want to help other moms and babes and that their intentions are far from profit driven. My exchange with her, though brief, was one of the first times I felt some relief from the guilt and shame associated with not being able to breastfeed – she related her own situation to mine which did wonders for easing the sting. The fact that the moms with LWO highly value breastfeeding but had difficulty with it and, thus, feed their own little ones the formula that they sell definitely adds to their credibility, and the extra support that they are willing to provide is a rare find.

Since switching my girlie to Baby’s Only Lacto Relief, we did attempt to slowly switch her to the new Baby’s Only with Whey Protein because we thought there was a chance that her symptoms were the result of temporary lactase deficiency due to a possible viral infection (we’re at the children’s hospital pretty frequently for ortho issues, so her exposure is elevated). We thought that it might be a more gentle transition than switching to Holle since it is a more similar composition to the Lacto Relief formula that she did so well on. I really wanted her to do well on it because I loved that the whey/casein ratio is 60/40, that the carbohydrate is lactose, and in speaking with Lori through Nature’s One customer support, I also learned that it is free of taurine and like all of the Baby’s Only formulas, that the nucleotides are naturally occurring. Unfortunately halfway through our attempted switch, the diarrhea returned and it smelled somewhat chemically, along with bloating, a wicked diaper rash, and worsened cradle cap that moved down to her face. We immediately switched back to the Lacto Relief and her symptoms have begun to subside. I really don’t like that the first ingredient is brown rice syrup, but she’s smiling, cooing, and imitating noises. Her relief from constant pain has allowed her to discover her own personality. She’s happy, so I’m happy.

If the allergy/lactose issues weren’t in the picture, I would absolutely have her on Holle and I would definitely order it form the super sweet and helpful mamas at LWO!

Now that we finally found something that works perhaps one day soon I’ll finally be able to let go of the dream of relactating breasts that never really lactated to begin with, pack up and return my hospital grade pump and end the madness of taking herbal supplements four times a day, and pumping and hand expressing multiple times each day only to yield less than five mls in a 24-hour period and instead reclaim that time to hold and play with my babe. It’s been a process, but I’ve learned that although breastmilk is literally a miracle liquid and that the bond of breastfeeding is invaluable, for those of us who physically can’t do it for whatever reason, our babes absolutely need an emotionally present mother who is not incapacitated with guilt – sometimes having that emotionally aware and attuned mama is more critical to the healthy development of our little ones than is having breastmilk. They can survive and even thrive without breastmilk but a mama who is worn down with guilt of whatever kind can negatively impact attachment and a host of other critical developmental facets for them. And those of us who formula feed can replicate some aspects of the breastfeeding relationship by drawing our littles as close to our bodies as possible as we feed them, engaging in eye contact and stroking their skin as we feed them, loading up on the skin to skin and wearing those babes as much as possible. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

Being informed on the best possible alternatives to breastmilk truly makes it easier to let go of some of that guilt and free up the capacity to rest in doing the best we can with what we’ve got. So I truly thank you for your efforts in helping those of us moms who can’t breastfeed to make informed choices.

I apologize for the ridiculously long-winded comment, but I wanted to share my experience in case it might help any of your other readers in any way!

One last note – just in case it’s helpful to anyone… I’ve also done some neurotic obsessing over going as plastic free as possible in our feeding regime, finding the safest bottles, the safest way to filter and boil the water for the formula as well as sanitize the bottles and nipples. We used to use Born Free glass bottles, but I don’t like that the venting component contains plastic (kind of defeats the whole purpose of a glass bottle), so for awhile we used the silicone venting piece without the plastic piece, which we found is doable but it does lead to leaks if the seal of the collar isn’t just right. I suspect that the venting feature was somewhat compromised by my bootleg version and my babe began having some latching issues with the nipples as well as frequent nipple collapses. We were going to switch to the Pura Kiki stainless bottles, which I love as a future sippy, but I wasn’t sold on it as a bottle since we are still regularly sanitizing our bottles and stainless can possibly leach metal toxins when heated. So we decided on the Avent glass bottles. I love that the nipple folds over the top of the bottle so there is no chance that the plastic collar comes into contact with the formula, and the venting system is built into the nipple so there are no extra (plastic) parts to wash. The nipple also has petals that prevent collapsing and it is wider and more breast shaped which has helped my baby to have a more open, deep and ergonomically correct latch. I really wanted an electric all-glass kettle to boil the water for the formula, but I had no luck finding one without a plastic lid or spout, so we are now boiling the water in a Ceramcor Xtrema kettle which is Lead, Cadmium, Heavy Toxic Metals, PFOA & PTFE Free. We also ditched the bpa-free plastic sterilizer that was gifted to us and we are now sterilizing the bottles in a Ceramcor sauce pan and sterilizing the nipples in a Ceramcor steamer. We also got rid of our boon grass plastic drying racks in favor of bamboo drying racks. Now I’m just saving up for one of your water filters!