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title: "HiPP Stage 3: every pack, and what age it is for"
description: "Every HiPP pack labelled Stage 3 across three markets, the different age each one prints, why all are follow-on formula in law, and what comes after."
url: https://milkatlas.com/formula/stage-3/
language: en
dateModified: 2026-10-12
---

Stage hub · HiPP Stage 3

# HiPP Stage 3

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

Medically reviewed

[Dr. Jill Palko](https://milkatlas.com/medical-review/) · MD, FACOG · [Registration NPI 1093033011](https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1093033011) · 2 October 2026

Next review due 2 October 2027

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## The answer

HiPP Stage 3 is the last stage before HiPP's toddler milks, and what it means depends on which pack you hold. 6 packs carry the number, across three markets and five lines, and every one is a follow-on formula under EU law; what differs is the age on the front: From the 10th month on the German boxes, From 12 months on the British tin. None of them is required: a first infant formula serves the whole first year, and cow's milk can follow it.

## Key takeaways

- 6 packs carry the number 3, in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and every one is a follow-on formula in law.
- The age on the front differs by market: From the 10th month on the German boxes, From 10 months on the Dutch tin, From 12 months on the British one.
- Nobody needs a Stage 3: a first milk serves the whole first year, and from twelve months whole cow's milk can be the main drink.
- Organic Life Start, our partner retailer, sells the Dutch and German Stage 3 and the British Growing Up Milk in the United States; ordering through this site pays us a commission.

- [HiPP Dutch Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-dutch-stage-3/) 800 g tin
- [HiPP German Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-german-stage-3/) 600 g box
- [HiPP German PUR 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/pur/hipp-german-pur-3/) 500 g box
- [HiPP Dutch Goat Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/goat/hipp-dutch-goat-3/) 400 g tin
- [HiPP UK Growing Up Milk](https://milkatlas.com/formula/toddler/hipp-uk-growing-up-milk/) 800 g tin
- [HiPP UK Growing Up Milk ready to feed](https://milkatlas.com/formula/ready-to-feed/hipp-uk-growing-up-ready-to-feed/) 200 ml bottle

## In this series

- [HiPP formula, line by line · hub](<https://milkatlas.com/formula/>)
- [HiPP Stage 2 · hub](<https://milkatlas.com/formula/stage-2/>)
- [HiPP toddler milk · hub](<https://milkatlas.com/formula/toddler/>)

*Stage 3 across the lines, left to right: the UK Growing Up Milk, the Dutch Stage 3, PUR 3 and the German Stage 3. The Dutch goat's milk 3 and the UK ready-to-feed Growing Up Milk are not in the picture.*

## Which HiPP Stage 3 packs are there?

6, across three markets and five lines, and they are the packs on this site that agree least about what the number means.

**Every pack labelled Stage 3**

| Product | Line | Market | Age | Size | Carbohydrate | Milk | Price where sold | Availability |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [HiPP Dutch Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-dutch-stage-3/) | Bio Combiotik | Netherlands | From 10 m | 800 g tin | Lactose only | Cow | $49.79 | In stock [Buy: HiPP Dutch Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-dutch-stage-3/#buy) |
| [HiPP German Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-german-stage-3/) | Bio Combiotik | Germany | From the 10th month | 600 g box | Lactose and starch | Cow | $40.79 | In stock [Buy: HiPP German Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/combiotik/hipp-german-stage-3/#buy) |
| [HiPP German PUR 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/pur/hipp-german-pur-3/) | PUR | Germany | From the 10th month | 500 g box | Lactose only | Cow | from $27.89 | Not sold here [Where to buy: HiPP German PUR 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/pur/hipp-german-pur-3/#buy) |
| [HiPP Dutch Goat Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/goat/hipp-dutch-goat-3/) | Goat's milk formula | Netherlands | From the 12th month | 400 g tin | Lactose only | Goat | $41.79 | Out of stock [Waitlist: HiPP Dutch Goat Stage 3](https://milkatlas.com/formula/goat/hipp-dutch-goat-3/#buy) |
| [HiPP UK Growing Up Milk](https://milkatlas.com/formula/toddler/hipp-uk-growing-up-milk/) | Toddler milks | United Kingdom | From 12 m | 800 g tin | Lactose only | Cow | $49.79 | In stock [Buy: HiPP UK Growing Up Milk](https://milkatlas.com/formula/toddler/hipp-uk-growing-up-milk/#buy) |
| [HiPP UK Growing Up Milk ready to feed](https://milkatlas.com/formula/ready-to-feed/hipp-uk-growing-up-ready-to-feed/) | Ready to feed | United Kingdom | From 12 m | 200 ml bottle | Lactose only | Cow |  | Catalogue [Details: HiPP UK Growing Up Milk ready to feed](https://milkatlas.com/formula/ready-to-feed/hipp-uk-growing-up-ready-to-feed/) |

Prices are Organic Life Start's in the United States, where it sells the product, seen 15 October 2026. Where it does not, the price is the lowest a seller we track asks for one, on subscription where it has one.

The table gives the milk and the form of each, and only the German box carries starch. (Source 4) (Source 5) (Source 6) What the table cannot show in one column is the age, because each pack prints a different one, and that is the next section.

## What age is Stage 3 for?

Whichever age the pack in your hand says, because the number is HiPP's and each market's HiPP chose its own.

The German boxes are labelled From the 10th month, the Dutch tin From 10 months, the Dutch goat tin From the 12th month, and the British tin From 12 months. (Source 5) (Source 4) (Source 6) Three months separate the earliest from the latest, for packs that are the same legal category and nearly the same panel.

Evidence · Regulation

The law does not define a third stage. Regulation (EU) 2016/127 knows infant formula and follow-on formula, and every Stage 3 here is the second of those, the category a Stage 2 is; the starting age on the front is the manufacturer's choice inside it. (Source 1)

Six months: the only line the law draws

Germany

PRE · 1: From birth · 2: After 6 months · 3: From the 10th month · 1+: From 1 year · 2+: From 2 years

Netherlands

1: From birth · 2: From 6 months · 3: From 10 months · Junior: From 2 years

United Kingdom

First Infant Milk: From birth · Follow On Milk: From 6 months · Growing Up Milk: From 12 months

International

1: From birth · 2: From 6 months · Junior 3: From 1 year

- Infant formula: may be the only food, from birth
- Follow-on formula: after six months, beside other food
- Milk for young children: from one year

*This stage's packs are outlined. Each block starts at the age printed on its pack; the shading is what each pack is in law, and the six-month line is the only one the law draws.*

## Is Stage 3 a formula or a toddler milk?

A formula, in law, on every pack this site records.

Each Stage 3 is follow-on formula, the same category as Stage 2, which is why the British tin says Growing Up Milk on the front and follow on milk on the back. (Source 6) HiPP's toddler milks, Kindermilch in Germany and Junior in the Netherlands, are a different thing: drinks for young children, which EU law does not define at all, and [they have their own page](https://milkatlas.com/formula/toddler/). The comparison of Stage 3 with Kindermilch 1+ sets out how far apart the two are.

## What comes after Stage 3, and does a baby need it at all?

Nothing has to. A first infant formula serves the whole first year, and from the first birthday whole cow's milk can be the main drink. (Source 2)

HiPP's own advice page says moving on to a later stage is possible rather than required, so a baby settled on a Stage 2, or still on a Stage 1, has no reason to change. (Source 3) For what replaces the bottle and how to make the change, the guide on stopping formula has the NHS position and the vitamin advice that flips on the day formula stops.

Our view

Skip it. The step from Stage 2 to Stage 3 moves six rows out of 41 on the German boxes and changes no category, and the step after it is cow's milk. A parent who wants one more tin for the last months before a year is buying a marketing stage, which is allowed; a parent who does not is buying nothing, which the NHS says is fine.

## Questions parents ask

### What is HiPP Stage 3?

HiPP's last numbered formula before its toddler milks: 6 packs across Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, every one a follow-on formula under EU law, and each labelled from a different age. The German boxes print From the 10th month, the Dutch tin From 10 months, the Dutch goat From the 12th month and the British tin From 12 months.

### Does a baby need Stage 3?

No. A first infant formula serves the whole first year, and from twelve months whole cow's milk can be the main drink.

### Is HiPP Stage 3 a toddler milk?

Not in law: every Stage 3 pack this site records is a follow-on formula, the same category as Stage 2, which is why the British tin says Growing Up Milk on the front and follow on milk on the back. HiPP's toddler milks are Kindermilch and Junior, and they have their own page.

### What comes after Stage 3?

In Germany Kindermilch 1+ and 2+, in the Netherlands Junior, in Britain nothing numbered; or whole cow's milk from the first birthday, which the NHS says is the usual next step.

### Why does Stage 3 start at a different age on each pack?

Because the number is HiPP's and each market's HiPP sets its own age. The German boxes are labelled From the 10th month, the Dutch tin From 10 months, the Dutch goat From the 12th month and the British tin From 12 months; the age on the front is HiPP's choice, and the category on the back is the law's.

### Which HiPP Stage 3 can I buy in the United States?

The Dutch and German Stage 3 and the British Growing Up Milk, from Organic Life Start, our partner retailer, and the sellers this site tracks.

### Is Stage 3 different from Stage 2?

Less than the number suggests. On the German boxes 35 of the 41 rows are identical and the six that move are carbohydrate, protein and vitamin B2, with the same scoop and the same dilution; the comparison page has every row. The step is a marketing stage rather than a change of legal category, which is what the step from 1 to 2 was.

### Can a baby stay on Stage 2 instead?

Yes. Stage 2 and Stage 3 are the same legal category, and nothing on any pack or in any guidance says a baby must move up. HiPP's own advice is that moving on is possible rather than required.

### Is the goat Stage 3 the same age as the others?

No: the Dutch goat Stage 3 is labelled From the 12th month, later than the Dutch cow's milk Stage 3, and HiPP's Dutch site no longer lists it, though sellers still stock it. Its own page says what the label calls it and what a child of that age needs.

## Sources

How this page was checked

- Sources verified · 25 Sept 2026
- External links · opened and read 25 Sept 2026
- Product data · snapshot 2026-10-15
- Editorial review · 25 Sept 2026
- Next scheduled check · 25 Oct 2026

1. [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2016/127/oj) · Article 2: follow-on formula is the food for infants once complementary feeding is introduced; no category exists for a later numbered stage, and no composition is set for a drink for young children · fetched 25 September 2026
2. [NHS, Types of formula](https://www.nhs.uk/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/types-of-formula/) · first infant formula until twelve months, then whole cows' milk as the main drink; follow-on formula is never necessary · fetched 25 September 2026
3. [HiPP Germany, Was muss ich beim Umstellen von Milchnahrungen beachten?](https://www.hipp.de/ratgeber/saeuglingsalter/milchnahrung-flaeschchen/was-muss-ich-beim-umstellen-von-milchnahrungen-beachten) moving on to a later stage is possible but not required · fetched 25 September 2026
4. [HiPP Netherlands, product page for HiPP 3 Bio Combiotik (NL2482-03)](https://www.hipp.nl/melk/producten/hipp-bio-combiotikr/hipp-3-combiotikr-biologische-groeimelk-nl2482-03/) · the Dutch Stage 3: the age printed on the front and the category on the back · fetched 25 September 2026
5. [HiPP Germany, product page for 3 Bio Combiotik (600 g)](https://www.hipp.de/shop/milchnahrung/folgemilch-3/3-bio-combiotik-600g) · the German Stage 3: the age printed on the front, and the starch · fetched 25 September 2026
6. [HiPP UK, product page for HiPP Organic Growing Up Milk](https://www.hipp.co.uk/shop/formula-milks/growing-up-milk) · the British Growing Up Milk: labelled from twelve months, and follow on milk by its legal name · fetched 25 September 2026