Holiday essentials F-H
Just click on the country you plan to visit and we’ll tell you everything we've found out about top brand name nappies, formulas, babyfood and wipes
Finland
Formulas |
Tutteli, Semper, Nan by Bona-Nestle, Pirkka |
Babyfood |
Bona, Piltti, Semper |
Nappies |
Huggies, Pampers, Pampers Baby Dry Plus, Pampers Premiums, Libero, Muumi's, Pirkka, Daily's. X-tra |
Wipes |
Pampers |
Tips from mums in Finland:
- Baby wipes are becoming increasingly common and many brands are available.
- Using formula milk powder to make up formula is not very common. Instead, ready-made formula is used. Tutteli is by far the most common brand, often even used by Finns as a generic name for formula.
- Pharmacies have a range of hypoallergenic and anti-reflux formulas, but a prescription is needed.
France
Formulas |
Babynat (organic), Enfalac (pharmacies), Nan (pharmacies), SMA (pharmacies), Milupa, Guigoz, Nestle, Gallia, Hipp |
Babyfood |
Babynat (organic), Gallia (pharmacies), Nestle, Nestle Bio, Bledina, Babybio, Hipp, Liga (baby biscuits) |
Nappies |
Huggies, Huggies Pull-Ups, Huggies Pull-Ups Dry Nites, Peaudouce, Pampers, Pampers Premiums, Pampers Baby Dry Plus, Pampers Trainers, |
Wipes |
Pampers, Huggies, Nivea, Happy Bebe |
Tips from mums in France:
- Most mothers use Evian to make up baby bottles
- Babybio foods, available from Le Grand Epiciere section at the supermarket Bon Marche, have no added starches or sugars
- Supermarkets sell lait de croissance, baby milk for children 1yr+, in cartons or plastic bottles. Some need teats added
- Lait de croissance can be handy when travelling as fresh milk can be hard to get quickly. Fresh milk, as opposed to UHT milk, is often in the cheese section
- Baby yoghurts and fruit purees can be found in fridge sections of supermarkets
- I know English babies who have Milupa formula at home and were fed Gallia on holiday, without noticing the change
- Pharmacies have a range of hypoallergenic and anti-reflux formulas
Germany
Formulas |
Milupa, Humana, Holle (organic), Hipp (organic) |
Babyfood |
Alete, Bebevita, Milupa, Bio Bambini (organic), Hipp (organic), Holle (organic), Janus (organic) |
Nappies |
Huggies, Pampers, Fixies |
Wipes |
Pampers, Penaten, Nivea |
Greece
Formulas |
Nestle, Frisolac, Frisomel, Armiron, Bebelac, Semilac (in pharmacies) |
Babyfood |
Nutricia, Gerber, Bebelac, Nestle, Yiotis |
Nappies |
Huggies, Pampers, Libero, Nannies, Babylino, Lidl |
Wipes |
Pampers, Johnsons |
Hong Kong
Formulas |
S26, S26 Gold, Promil, Cow and Gate, Milupa |
Babyfood |
Heinz, Baby Organix, Earth’s Best, Gerber |
Nappies |
Huggies, Pampers |
Wipes |
Pampers, Huggies, Johnson&Johnson |
Tips from a Hong Kong mum:
- I am sure that S26 = SMA
- I am sure that S26 Gold = SMA Gold
- I am sure that Promil = SMA Progress
Hungary
Formulas |
Nestle Beba, Nestle Beba H.A. (hypoallergenic) 1 & 2 |
Babyfood |
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Nappies |
Huggies, Pampers, Pampers Uni |
Wipes |
Pampers, Johnson & Johnson |
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We are very grateful to babyworld members for their contributions to this feature. If you live in, or have visited, a country that we have little or no information on, please email editor@babyworld.co.uk with details you’d like added. We hope this information is as accurate as possible and provide these details in good faith, obviously stocks will vary between regions in each country.
