I am curious about what everyone's professional opinions are on shelf stable donor milk options? Interested to hear any opinions or review any resources that youy may have. Thanks!Jennifer
Thank you posing this question. Hope Lima did a couple of presentations on this at Breastfest 2022. There have been 3 independent research studies done on the effects of retort (shelf stable) processing compared to holder pasteurization (HMBANA non profit milk banks). Essentially, all of the immunological properties in human milk are destroyed with the retort processing. Please send me an email to christine.smith@ohiohealth.com and I would be happy to share those studies with you as they are on my work computer.
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you posing this question. Hope Lima did a couple of presentations on this at Breastfest 2022. There have been 3 independent research studies done on the effects of retort (shelf stable) processing compared to holder pasteurization (HMBANA non profit milk banks). Essentially, all of the immunological properties in human milk are destroyed with the retort processing. Please send me an email to christine.smith@ohiohealth.com and I would be happy to share those studies with you as they are on my work computer.
Please reach out with any additional questions.
Chris Smith