When Was Commercial Baby Formula ‘Invented’? A dangerous subthread of baby shortage formula discourse held that commercial infant formula wasn't used in the 1950s and 60s, and that babies "were fine."
A ‘Homemade Baby Formula’ Recipe from 1960 is Viral — and Dangerous A worsening baby formula shortage led to viral posts advising the use of emergency homemade baby formula, but the rapidly spreading recipe could harm babies.