Trusted by NICUs for feeding 125,000+ preemies. Ask your care team for Prolacta by name.

Safe Nutrition for the Smallest Preemies

Prolacta's nutritional fortifiers and formulas are the only ones in the U.S. made from 100% donor breastmilk (instead of cow milk), to help your preemie grow strong and thrive.

Clinically proven to help preemies go home sooner^[¹^]

Improves preemie growth and development^[⁶^,⁷^,⁴^,³^,¹¹^]

Trusted by leading NICUs for feeding the smallest preemies^[¹⁵^]

When used as part of an exclusive human milk diet for preemies <2.75 lbs.

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Safe Nutrition for the Smallest Preemies

Prolacta's nutritional fortifiers and formulas are the only ones in the U.S. made from 100% donor breastmilk (instead of cow milk), to help your preemie grow strong and thrive.

Clinically proven to help preemies go home sooner¹

Improves preemie growth and development³^,⁴^,⁶^,⁷^,¹¹

Trusted by leading NICUs for feeding the smallest preemies¹⁵

When used as part of an exclusive human milk diet for preemies <2.75 lbs, compared to cow milk-based products.

World first for preemie care: Japan approves Prolacta’s fortifiers as prescription medicine.

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The nutrition your baby receives in the NICU can shape their health and development long after they come home.

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Citations

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2. Hair AB, Peluso AM, Hawthorne KM, et al. Beyond necrotizing enterocolitis prevention: improving outcomes with an exclusive human milk-based diet [published correction appears in Breastfeed Med. 2017 Dec;12 (10):663]. Breastfeed Med. 2016;11(2):70-74. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2015.0134

3. Hair AB, Patel AL, Kiechl-Kohlendorfer U, et al. Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants fed an exclusive human milk-based diet versus a mixed human milk + bovine milk-based diet: a multi-center study. J Perinatol. 2022;42(11):1485-1488. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-022-01513-3

4. Hair AB, Hawthorne KM, Chetta KE, Abrams SA. Human milk feeding supports adequate growth in infants ≤ 1250 grams birth weight. BMC Res Notes. 2013;6:459. Published 2013 Nov 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-459 

5. Hair AB, Bergner EM, Lee ML, et al. Premature infants 750-1,250 g birth weight supplemented with a novel human milk-derived cream are discharged sooner. Breastfeed Med. 2016;11(3):133-137. doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2015.0166

6. Huston R, Lee M, Rider E, et al. Early fortification of enteral feedings for infants <1250 grams birth weight receiving a human milk diet including human milk-based fortifier. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2020;13(2):215-221. https://doi.org/10.3233/NPM-190300 

7. Huston RK, Markell AM, McCulley EA, Gardiner SK, Sweeney SL. Improving growth for infants ≤1250 grams receiving an exclusive human milk diet. Nutr Clin Pract. 2018;33(5):671-678. https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10054 

8. Sullivan S, Schanler RJ, Kim JH, et al. An exclusively human milk-based diet is associated with a lower rate of necrotizing enterocolitis than a diet of human milk and bovine milk-based products. J Pediatr. 2010;156(4):562-7.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.040

9. Abrams SA, Schanler RJ, Lee ML, Rechtman DJ. Greater mortality and morbidity in extremely preterm infants fed a diet containing cow milk protein products. Breastfeed Med. 2014;9(6):281-285. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2014.0024

10. Delaney Manthe E, Perks PH, Swanson JR. Team-based implementation of an exclusive human milk diet. Adv Neonatal Care. 2019;19(6):460-467. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000676 

11. Bergner EM, Shypailo R, Visuthranukul C, et al. Growth, body composition, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years among preterm infants fed an exclusive human milk diet in the neonatal intensive care unit: a pilot study. Breastfeed Med. 2020. 15(5):304-311. https://doi.com/10.1089/bfm.2019.0210 

12. O'Connor DL, Kiss A, Tomlinson C, et al. Nutrient enrichment of human milk with human and bovine milk-based fortifiers for infants born weighing <1250 g: a randomized clinical trial [published correction appears in Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Aug 1;110(2):529] [published correction appears in Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 May 1;111(5):1112]. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;108(1):108-116. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy067 

13. Cristofalo EA, et al. Randomized trial of exclusive human milk versus preterm formula diets in extremely premature infants. J Pediatr. 2013;163(6):1592-1595. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.011

14. American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. Section on Breastfeeding. Pediatrics. 2022;150(1):e2022057988.

15. Data on file; number of U.S. hospitals that used Prolacta's fortifiers and formulas in 2024.

16. Lucas A, Boscardin J, Abrams SA. Preterm infants fed cow’s milk-derived fortifier had adverse outcomes despite a base diet of only mother’s own milk. Breastfeed Med. 2020;15(5):297-303. https://doi.com/10.1089/bfm.2019.0133

17. Alganabi M, Lee C, Bindi E, Li B, Pierro A. Recent advances in understanding necrotizing enterocolitis. F1000Res. 2019 Jan 25;8:F1000 Faculty Rev-107. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.17228.1. PMID: 30740215; PMCID: PMC6348433.

18. Galis, R.; Trif, P.; Mudura, D.; Mazela, J.; Daly, M.C.; Kramer, B.W.; Diggikar, S. Association of Fortification with Human Milk versus Bovine Milk-Based Fortifiers on Short-Term Outcomes in Preterm Infants—A Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2024, 16, 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16060910.

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