{"id":1347,"date":"2026-06-13T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littlespoon.com\/spoon-fed\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:42:06","slug":"little-spoon-baby-formula-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlespoon.com\/spoon-fed\/little-spoon-baby-formula-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Little Spoon Funded Independent Baby Formula Research at UW-Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We set a voluntary safety standard 10 times stricter than the prior industry baseline. Then we funded independent research at UW-Madison so the data behind that decision exists publicly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Kathy Glass explains what the funded research is finding so far, and why this baseline matters now that the World Health Organization is putting together a global risk assessment for Clostridium botulinum in powdered infant formula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headline finding: most products on the market are very clean, less than 10 colony forming units per gram. The baseline is good. The work to make it better is just starting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why this baseline data did not exist before<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What the UW-Madison research is finding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why the WHO is now building a global risk assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why few laboratories are equipped to do this testing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part 6 of 7 in our infant formula safety series with Dr. Kathy Glass.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1347-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.littlespoon.com\/spoon-fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LS_Kathy_06_Research_v2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlespoon.com\/spoon-fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LS_Kathy_06_Research_v2.mp4\">https:\/\/www.littlespoon.com\/spoon-fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LS_Kathy_06_Research_v2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We set a voluntary safety standard 10 times stricter than the prior industry baseline. 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