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Plastic in Baby Food
Original title: Plastic in Baby Food / Пластик В Детском Питании
Summary
Researchers found tiny plastic particles—up to 99 per gram—in popular baby food pouches from brands like Gerber and Happy Baby Organics, raising concerns about infants ingesting microplastics. In response, this paper proposes a new manufacturing technology that could filter out these plastic particles during formula production while also saving energy and cutting waste, offering a potential fix for an industry-wide contamination problem. Note that this is a business proposal for the technology, not an independent study confirming its real-world effectiveness at removing microplastics.
Bilingual (EN/RU) report. Following the 2026 Greenpeace findings of microplastics in baby food pouches (Nestlé/Gerber, Danone/Happy Baby Organics — up to 99 particles per gram), this paper presents a B2B/B2G commercialization case for ARBOK-DryMilk, a deep-vacuum dairy dehydration platform operating at 6–40°C. Installed on-site at an average plant (15,000 t of formula/year), one 300 t/day module recovers ≈7,000 t/year of dry solids from whey and rejected product (almost +50% output), separates micro- and nanoplastics from contaminated milk powder, saves ~30 million kWh/year, and adds $10–20M (US) / €20–30M (EU) per year. Двуязычная версия статьи: английская и русская.