--- title: "HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk (HiPP Anti-Reflux Milk)" description: "HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk: a food for special medical purposes from birth, thickened with carob bean gum, an 800 g tin. Why its water runs cooler." url: https://milkatlas.com/formula/special/hipp-uk-anti-reflux-milk/ language: en dateModified: 2026-10-15 --- Product · United Kingdom · From birth # HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk · HiPP Anti-Reflux Milk, 800 g tin Written by [Kseniia P.](https://milkatlas.com/about/kseniia/) and [Tatum G.](https://milkatlas.com/about/tatum/) Written with AI assistance. Published 12 October 2026 · Updated 15 October 2026 Medically reviewed [Dr. Jill Palko](https://milkatlas.com/medical-review/) · MD, FACOG · [Registration NPI 1093033011](https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1093033011) · 9 October 2026 Next review due 9 October 2027 We earn a commission when you buy through links on this page, including from our partner retailer, which sells and ships the order. [How this site is funded →](https://milkatlas.com/disclosure/) ## The answer *Front of the pack* You cannot order this through milkatlas in the United States. The sellers below ship it there. HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk is a food for special medical purposes, from birth, which HiPP UK sells for the dietary management of reflux and regurgitation. It is thickened with carob bean gum, keeps intact cow's milk protein and lactose as its only carbohydrate, and lists neither a prebiotic nor a culture. It is not organic. Its pack asks for water boiled and cooled for 45 minutes, and HiPP UK says to use it only on a healthcare professional's advice. ## Key takeaways - A food for special medical purposes from birth, which HiPP UK says to use only on a healthcare professional's advice. - Its pack asks for water cooled for 45 minutes, where every other HiPP UK tin says no more than 30. That is the opposite instruction, and the NHS explains why. - The thickener is carob bean gum, which the panel counts as fibre at 0.4 g per 100 ml. - The protein is intact cow's milk protein, so this is not a tin for a baby with a cow's milk allergy. - Sold under the HiPP Organic name, but nothing in its ingredient list is organic, unlike the UK First Infant Milk. *Front of the tin, UK label* - **Age**: From birth - **Size**: 800 g tin - **Starch**: None - **HiPP article no.**: GB2305-02 - **Base**: Cow's milk: skimmed milk and whey product (intact cow's milk protein) - **Carbohydrate**: Lactose only - **DHA**: 13.2 mg / 100 ml - **Combiotik**: Neither GOS nor a culture - **Organic**: Not organic - **Contains**: Milk, Fish oil ## In this series - [HiPP Comfort and Anti-Reflux · hub]() - [HiPP German Anti-Reflux · product]() - [HiPP UK Comfort Milk · product]() - [HiPP UK First Infant Milk · product]() ## Guides for this pack - [How to prepare HiPP formula · guide]() - [HiPP Comfort vs Anti-Reflux · comparison]() - [Where to buy HiPP formula · page]() ## Where to buy Not sold by milkatlas in the United States We do not sell this product in the United States. These sellers do; prices are what we saw on the date shown, in the currency each seller quotes. **Sellers, United States** | Seller | Price | Observed | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) | $47.42 | 12 Oct 2026 | Pack of 12 on subscription, per unit | | [Organic's Best](https://organicsbestshop.com/products/hipp-anti-reflux-formula-uk) | $47.99 | 12 Oct 2026 | Pack of 24, per unit | Last checked 12 Oct 2026. Prices change; the seller's page is the price you pay. We earn a commission when you buy through links on this page, including from our partner retailer, which sells and ships the order. [How this site is funded →](https://milkatlas.com/disclosure/) - Other markets: - United States - [Canada]() ## What is in HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk? The first ingredients are skimmed milk and a whey product, then vegetable oils, then lactose, then the thickening agent carob bean gum. (Source 1) The protein is intact cow's milk protein, which HiPP UK states under the panel, and lactose is the only carbohydrate. (Source 1) Fish oil adds DHA at 13.2 mg per 100 ml. No prebiotic and no lactic culture are listed, and no ingredient is organic, which is worth saying twice because HiPP UK's company name is HiPP Organic and its First Infant Milk genuinely is. (Source 1) (Source 4) *The ingredients as printed on the tin. The list wraps round it, so two photographs are joined here and the curve flattened, and each printed line is split over two rows to fit the page.* Evidence · Regulation This is a food for special medical purposes under Regulation (EU) 2016/128, not an infant formula: a category for the dietary management of a condition, used under medical supervision, whose recipe may depart from the infant formula rules where its use requires. (Source 5) ## Nutrition per 100 ml, prepared **Nutrition per 100 ml** | Nutrient | Per 100 ml | Per 100 kcal | | --- | --- | --- | | Energy, fat, carbohydrate and protein | | | | Energy | 66 kcal | 100 kcal | | Fat | 3.6 g | 5.5 g | | of which saturates | 1.5 g | 2.3 g | | of which monounsaturates | 1.6 g | 2.4 g | | of which polyunsaturates | 0.5 g | 0.76 g | | Linoleic acid | 0.40 g | 0.61 g | | Alpha-linolenic acid | 0.06 g | 0.091 g | | ARA | 13.2 mg | 20 mg | | DHA | 13.2 mg | 20 mg | | Carbohydrate | 6.9 g | 10.5 g | | of which sugars | 6.9 g | 10.5 g | | of which lactose | 6.9 g | 10.5 g | | Fibre | 0.4 g | 0.61 g | | Protein | 1.25 g | 1.9 g | | L-carnitine | 1.8 mg | 2.7 mg | | Minerals | | | | Potassium | 76 mg | 115 mg | | Chloride | 51 mg | 77 mg | | Calcium | 51 mg | 77 mg | | Phosphorus | 30 mg | 45 mg | | Magnesium | 4.5 mg | 6.8 mg | | Iron | 0.7 mg | 1.1 mg | | Zinc | 0.6 mg | 0.91 mg | | Copper | 0.053 mg | 0.080 mg | | Manganese | 0.005 mg | 0.0076 mg | | Fluoride | < 0.005 mg | < 0.0076 mg | | Selenium | 3.8 µg | 5.8 µg | | Chromium | < 0.60 µg | < 0.91 µg | | Molybdenum | 1.5 µg | 2.3 µg | | Iodine | 15 µg | 23 µg | | Salt | 0.05 g | 0.076 g | | Sodium | 20 mg | 30 mg | | Vitamins | | | | Vitamin A | 54 µg | 82 µg | | Vitamin D | 1.5 µg | 2.3 µg | | Vitamin E | 0.70 mg | 1.1 mg | | Vitamin K | 5.1 µg | 7.7 µg | | Vitamin C | 8.9 mg | 13 mg | | Vitamin B1 | 0.050 mg | 0.076 mg | | Vitamin B2 | 0.17 mg | 0.26 mg | | Niacin | 0.34 mg | 0.52 mg | | Vitamin B6 | 0.029 mg | 0.044 mg | | Folic acid | 10.0 µg | 15 µg | | Vitamin B12 | 0.10 µg | 0.15 µg | | Biotin | 1.5 µg | 2.3 µg | | Pantothenic acid | 0.34 mg | 0.52 mg | | Other nutrients | | | | Inositol | 4.2 mg | 6.4 mg | | Choline | 25 mg | 38 mg | Values from HiPP's product page for the United Kingdom, checked 23 September 2026. As a food for special medical purposes it is made to Regulation (EU) 2016/128, which lets its recipe depart from the ranges for infant formula where its medical use requires. HiPP gives values per 100 ml only, so the per 100 kcal column is calculated from them. Every value is the one HiPP UK gives for 100 ml made from 12.9 g of powder and 90 ml of water. (Source 1) The fibre row, 0.4 g per 100 ml, is the carob bean gum: on the other HiPP tins that row is a prebiotic instead. *The top of the nutrition table on the tin, per 100 ml of feed and per 100 g of powder. If the tin and this page ever disagree, the tin is right and we log a correction.* ## How do you prepare it? Wash your hands and sterilise the equipment. Boil the water and leave it to cool for 45 minutes, measure it into the bottle and add one level scoop of 4.3 g for each fluid ounce, about 30 ml. HiPP UK says not to press the powder down and not to use softened or reboiled water. (Source 1) Roll the bottle between your palms for five seconds, shake it for twenty, then leave it to stand for seven minutes to thicken and shake it again. Cool it to drinking temperature under the cold tap, test it, and feed it straight away with a single fast-flow teat. (Source 1) **Preparation table** | Water | Scoops | Powder | Feed size | Water temp. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 30 ml · 1 fl oz | 1 | 4.3 g | 33 ml · 1.1 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | | 90 ml · 3 fl oz | 3 | 12.9 g | 100 ml · 3.4 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | | 120 ml · 4 fl oz | 4 | 17.2 g | 133 ml · 4.5 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | | 150 ml · 5 fl oz | 5 | 21.5 g | 167 ml · 5.6 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | | 180 ml · 6 fl oz | 6 | 25.8 g | 200 ml · 6.8 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | | 210 ml · 7 fl oz | 7 | 30.1 g | 233 ml · 7.9 fl oz | Boiled, then cooled for 45 minutes | One scoop is 4.3 g, level, not packed. The feed size column is the volume in the bottle after the powder dissolves. That cooling time is the thing to notice. Every other HiPP UK tin says to leave the water for **no more than** 30 minutes, so that it is still above 70 °C when it meets the powder. (Source 3) (Source 6) This one says to leave it for 45 minutes, which takes it well below that. (Source 1) The NHS addresses exactly this, on the page where it describes anti-reflux formula. It says the instructions for making up these formulas may differ from standard formula, that some manufacturers recommend lower temperatures, and that otherwise the feed may get lumpy. It then says the other half out loud: powdered formula is not sterile, and making it up at lower temperatures will not kill any harmful bacteria it may contain. (Source 8) Evidence · No evidence found Two instructions that cannot both be followed, and the NHS gives no trial to settle them. Its own advice is to take extra care over making up and storing this kind of product, to follow the pack, and to speak to a midwife, health visitor or GP. The CDC's 70 °C guidance is written for babies under two months, born early or with a weakened immune system, which is the group with most to lose either way. (Source 8) (Source 7) ## How much should a baby drink? **Feeding chart by age** | Age | Feeds a day | Water per feed | Scoops | Water a day | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Weeks 0 to 2 | 7 to 8 | 60 ml | 2 | 420 to 480 ml | | Weeks 3 to 4 | 5 to 7 | 90 ml | 3 | 450 to 630 ml | | Weeks 5 to 8 | 5 to 6 | 120 ml | 4 | 600 to 720 ml | | Months 2 to 4 | 5 | 150 ml | 5 | 750 ml | | Month 5 | 4 to 5 | 180 ml | 6 | 720 to 900 ml | | Month 6 | 4 | 210 ml | 7 | 840 ml | | Months 7 to 9 | 4 | 150 ml | 5 | 600 ml | | Months 10 to 12 | 3 | 120 ml | 4 | 360 ml | HiPP's own chart from the pack; water a day is feeds times water per feed. Babies vary, and a hungry or sleepy baby is a better guide than the table. HiPP UK's guide runs from the first two weeks to twelve months, with weights beside the ages, and it calls the amounts a guide only: a baby should be fed on demand. (Source 1) Evidence · Manufacturer claim The chart is HiPP UK's guide. The professional who suggested the milk may give other amounts, and on a food for special medical purposes theirs is the number to follow. ## Who is it for, and who is it not for? HiPP UK says this tin is for the dietary management of reflux and regurgitation from birth, that it is a food for special medical purposes, and that it should only be used on the advice of a healthcare professional. (Source 1) It adds two warnings worth repeating: use a single fast-flow teat, and do not use it alongside antacids or other feed thickeners. (Source 1) The NHS says the same about the category. Anti-reflux formula is suitable from birth but only under medical supervision, it is thickened with the aim of preventing reflux, and although it sits on pharmacy and supermarket shelves the NHS recommends using it only on a health professional's advice. (Source 8) It is not a tin for a cow's milk allergy. The protein here is intact, not broken down at all, so a baby who reacts to cow's milk protein has nothing to gain from it. (Source 1) (Source 7) Evidence · No evidence found HiPP UK says the thickener helps feeds stay down. We found no trial of this formula, and the NHS makes no claim that anti-reflux formulas work; it describes what they are for and tells parents to ask first. (Source 1) (Source 8) Our view Buy this tin when a healthcare professional names it, and not before. If one has, ask them the water question directly rather than picking between the pack and the NHS yourself, because the answer depends on how old your baby is and how they were born. ## The same stage in other markets **Same stage, other markets** | Market | Product | Size | Starch | Ships to the United States | Sold by Organic Life Start | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | HiPP Anti-Reflux Milk (this page) | 800 g tin | No | Yes | No | | Germany | [HiPP Anti-Reflux](https://milkatlas.com/formula/special/hipp-german-anti-reflux/) | 600 g box | No | Yes | Yes, US and CA | HiPP sells an Anti-Reflux formula in Germany as well, in a 600 g box rather than this 800 g tin. The two are close without matching: of the rows both packs print, fourteen differ, among them calcium, selenium and molybdenum. The German box also adds the culture *Limosilactobacillus fermentum*, which this one does not list, and asks for water at 40 to 50 °C rather than a cooling time. (Source 1) (Source 9) ## What buyers say 14 reviews of this product, gathered from the sellers' own review pages, all of them counted in the rating. The newest are below as their buyers wrote them, each showing where it was written and linking to it; a review is one buyer's experience, not evidence. The rating is this product's alone, never pooled with other products or with a seller's store rating, and milkatlas edits none of them. 4.6 out of 5 · 14 reviews · 2 sellers - 5 ★86 % - 4 ★0 % - 3 ★7 % - 2 ★7 % - 1 ★0 % By seller - [Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) · 4.6 · 13 - [Organic's Best](https://organicsbestshop.com/products/hipp-anti-reflux-formula-uk) · 5.0 · 1 ★★★★★ Kaitlyn B. Verified buyer [on Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) 7 Oct 2026 Worked wonders for my baby with severe acid reflux ★★★★★ destiny C. Verified buyer Rewarded with a discount [on Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) 22 Sept 2026 My daughter does amazing on Hipp Ar and it’s truly saved my mental she’s gaining weight she’s isn’t projectile vomiting anymore we love it ★★★★★ Anon Verified buyer [on Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) 10 Sept 2026 Has been working well for us! ★★★★★ Anon Verified buyer [on Formuland](https://formuland.com/products/hipp-ar-anti-reflux-formula-uk-new) 7 Sept 2026 Works well! ## Questions parents ask ### What is HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk for? HiPP UK sells it for the dietary management of reflux and regurgitation from birth, as a food for special medical purposes. It is thickened so that feeds are more likely to stay down, and HiPP UK asks parents to take advice from a healthcare professional before starting it. ### Why does the pack say 45 minutes when every other HiPP tin says 30? Because the thickener needs cooler water. The NHS says some anti-reflux formulas are made up at lower temperatures than usual, otherwise the feed goes lumpy. ### Is cooler water safe? It is the maker's instruction, and the NHS repeats it while being blunt about the trade: powdered formula is not sterile, and making it up at a lower temperature will not kill any harmful bacteria it may contain. It says to take extra care, follow the pack, and speak to a midwife, health visitor or GP. ### What is the thickener? Carob bean gum, also called locust bean gum. It is the fourth ingredient after lactose, and the panel counts it as fibre. ### Can it be used for a cow's milk allergy? No. Its protein is intact cow's milk protein, not broken down at all, so a baby who reacts to cow's milk protein will react to this. A diagnosed allergy is a question for the doctor who made the diagnosis, and the NHS says such a baby is prescribed a formula with fully broken-down protein. ### Is HiPP UK Anti-Reflux Milk organic? No. HiPP UK sells it under its HiPP Organic name, but nothing in the ingredient list is organic, where the UK First Infant Milk's milk and oils are. ### Does my baby need a different teat? HiPP UK says to use a single, fast-flow teat, because the milk is thicker than a standard formula once it has stood and thickened. ### My baby's stools changed. Is that the milk? It may be. HiPP UK says on this pack that because of the natural thickener you may notice changes in your baby's stool, and that this is perfectly normal. That is HiPP's statement about its own product, not a trial result, so watch weight and feeding rather than nappies. ### Can it be used with an antacid? HiPP UK says this product should not be used together with antacids or with other feed thickeners. Ask the prescriber before combining anything. ### Is it the same as the German HiPP Anti-Reflux? Close, not the same. Of the rows both packs print, thirteen differ, and this tin adds chromium, molybdenum and salt. The German box holds 600 g, adds the culture L. fermentum, which this tin does not list, and asks for water at 40 to 50 °C rather than a cooling time. ## Sources How this page was checked - Sources verified · 23 Sept 2026 - External links · opened and read 23 Sept 2026 - Product data · snapshot 2026-09-23 - Editorial review · 23 Sept 2026 - Next scheduled check · 23 Oct 2026 1. [HiPP UK, product page for HiPP Anti-Reflux Milk](https://www.hipp.co.uk/shop/formula-milks/anti-reflux-milk) · a food for special medical purposes for the dietary management of reflux and regurgitation, from birth and only on a healthcare professional's advice; article number GB2305-02, 800 g; ingredients, the full nutrition table per 100 ml and per 100 g, standard dilution, scoop, the preparation steps including the 45 minute cool and the 7 minute stand, the fast-flow teat, the antacid warning, the note that stools may change, storage after opening, Product of Germany, and the feeding guide to twelve months · fetched 23 September 2026 2. The partner retailer's photographs of the Anti-Reflux Milk tin the pack photo, and its ingredients list and nutrition table, read on 15 October 2026, which match HiPP UK's page; the article number GB2305-02 and the barcode 4062300462465 on the tin · fetched 15 October 2026 3. [HiPP UK, product page for HiPP Comfort Milk](https://www.hipp.co.uk/shop/formula-milks/comfort-milk) · the standard HiPP UK method for every other milk: water boiled and left to cool for no longer than 30 minutes · fetched 23 September 2026 4. [HiPP UK, product page for HiPP Organic First Infant Milk](https://www.hipp.co.uk/shop/formula-milks/first-infant-milk) · the organic first milk, for the contrast: its ingredients are organic where this tin's are not · fetched 23 September 2026 5. [Regulation (EU) 2016/128](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2016/128/oj) · food for special medical purposes; for infants, the rules for infant and follow-on formula apply where the intended use does not require otherwise (Annex I, Part A) · fetched 23 September 2026 6. [NHS, Making up baby formula](https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/making-up-baby-formula/) · boil the water and leave it to cool for no more than 30 minutes, so that it stays at 70 °C or above, hot enough to kill bacteria powdered formula can carry · fetched 23 September 2026 7. [CDC, Infant formula preparation and storage](https://www.cdc.gov/infant-toddler-nutrition/formula-feeding/preparation-and-storage.html) · water at around 70 °C for babies under two months, born early or with a weakened immune system · fetched 23 September 2026 8. [NHS, Types of formula](https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/types-of-formula/) · anti-reflux (staydown) formula is thickened to stop reflux, should be used only on advice, and is prepared differently from other formulas · fetched 23 September 2026 9. [HiPP pack artwork for HiPP AR Spezialnahrung (Anti-Reflux) 600 g, version 7 (May 2025)](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/2xwg8lcu/production/1826142e737c6bf12b754be1031020dd05d34ee1.pdf) · the German Anti-Reflux box, for comparison: its full nutrition panel, the lactic culture in its ingredients and its water at 40 to 50 °C · fetched 15 October 2026 **Corrections (1)** - 15 October 2026 · The page had said this tin adds chromium, molybdenum and salt to the rows the German Anti-Reflux box prints, and that thirteen of the rows both packs print differ. The German box prints all three as well; this site's record of it had left them out. Salt and chromium carry the same values on both, and molybdenum differs, 1.5 µg here against 0.58 µg, so fourteen of the 46 rows both packs print differ. The page now says so.