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Plastic in Baby Food
Original title: Plastic in Baby Food / Пластик В Детском Питании
Summary
Recent testing found tiny plastic particles—up to 99 bits per gram—in popular baby food pouches from brands like Gerber and Happy Baby Organics, raising concerns about what infants are ingesting. This paper isn't about health effects directly; instead, it proposes a manufacturing fix: a new dehydration technology that could filter out these plastic particles during formula production while also cutting waste and energy use. If adopted, this kind of technology could help remove a source of microplastic exposure for babies before products reach store shelves, though more research is still needed on how harmful these particles actually are to human health.
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.