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August 6, 2024

Formula milk producers in Indonesia intensified their advertising through social media during the pandemic. They attracted mothers through various programs. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism suspects that these companies violated the WHO code.

August 5, 2024

In May 2016, Irma Hidayana, doctoral candidate in health and behavior at Columbia University, United States, released a report entitled “Violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Indonesia Context.” This report states that 15 percent of respondents out of 874 women they interviewed said they had received free samples of formula milk from health workers.

August 5, 2024

This report represents the first global investigation into infant milks being sold for babies under 12 months old from the four leading companies: Nestlé, Danone, Mead Johnson Nutrition and Abbott.

August 1, 2024

Nestlé, a leading baby food brand, finds itself under scrutiny for its marketing strategies that target low-income countries with high-added sugar products.

July 31, 2024

Baby food marketing poses a substantial barrier to breastfeeding, whichadversely affects mothers’ and children’s health. Over the last decade, thebaby food industry has utilised various marketing tactics in Indonesia, includingdirect marketing to mothers and promoting products in public spaces and withinthe healthcare system.

May 5, 2021

Some time ago, an online mass media discussed the problem of infant marketing formulas in Indonesia. One of them discusses the "Sins" of the baby ethical marketing formula.