BABY FOOD, BABY MILK, BABY STUFF GENERALL

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Baby milks

It's always difficult to know what to pack when you are travelling with babies, so here are the brand equivalents for some popular baby milks:

• Cow and Gate baby milks are marketed under the 'Nutrilon' brand in the Algarve.
• Nutrilon 1,2 and 3 are equivalent to Cow and Gate 1,2 and 3
• Nutrilon Confort 1 and 2 are equivalent to Comfort 1 and 2.
• Nutrilon AR 1 and 2 are for babies with reflux.
• Nutrilon HA 1 and 2 are hypo-allergenic but are not Soy based.
• Aptamil milks are still marketed as Aptamil in the Algarve - Aptamil 1, 2 and 3; Aptamil Pepti; Aptamil HA (1,2 & 3) for infants with allergies and Aptamil Confort (Comfort) 1 & 2.
• SMA baby milks are sold as S-26 Gold 1, 2 and 3 (from Wyeth Nutrição) which are equivalent to SMA 1,2 and 3. There doesn't appear to be an equivalent of SMA Extra Hungry.
• SMA special milks (with their portuguese equivalents) - Wysoy (Visoy), Staydown (S-26 AR) and SMA-LF( S-26 sem lactose).

The supermarkets commonly stock Aptamil and Nutrilon baby milk powders including the HA (hypo-allergenic) range, but other brands and the special milks like those for reflux are stocked in the 'farmácias'.

All of the main supermarkets and many of the smaller 'mini-mercados' also stock a good range of jars of baby food and packets of baby cereals. Blédina (a Milupa brand ) do both jars and various baby rice and cereals. Baby Fennel drink is also available from Blédina, the portuguese translation for fennel being "funcho".

Cerelac baby jars and cereals (made by Nestlé) are also commonly available. English brands maybe available at some of the English supermarkets like Spar or Apolonia.