Baby calcium powder for weaning meals: Grownew Calmamang DK Powder

I worried about nutrition in my 7-month-old’s weaning food

I’ve been diligently feeding weaning food, but since I don’t give beef every day, I wondered if calcium might be lacking. We also don’t go out much with Kongkong, so I was worried vitamin D might be lacking too.

As Kongkong moved on to mid-stage weaning meals, I thought more nutrients would be needed, so I brought out Grownew, which is known for cal-ma-di.

It was developed through more than two years of research to make up for insufficient calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D—essential nutrients for bone and skeletal formation during the growth period while babies are eating weaning food and toddler meals—so I felt I could feed it with confidence ^^

Grownew’s case also stood out. The illustrations gave the feeling that they help babies grow and develop. Like growing taller and taller, you know?

Grownew’s cal-ma-di and ingredients

Grow Lab says it created Grownew after more than two years of research and development. It says it is made with solid ingredients tailored to children’s insufficient intake of cal-ma-di.

Besides cal-ma-di, it is called the Calmamang DK formula, with vitamin K and manganese added for bone growth and formation. They say it differs from similar products, so try Grow Lab’s Grownew ^^ For anyone unfamiliar with cal-ma-di, let me explain.

What is cal-ma-di?

• Calcium: needed for the formation of bones and teeth, maintaining nerve and muscle function, and normal blood clotting
• Magnesium: needed for maintaining nerves and muscles and for energy use
• Vitamin D: needed for bone formation and use, and for absorbing calcium and phosphorus

Grownew checkpoints ✔️ Optimally designed amounts ✔️ Organic eggshell calcium ✔️ Functional “Calmamang DK” nutrient formula ✔️ A complex blend designed to increase calcium absorption ✔️ Korea’s first cal-ma-di powder recognized as an organic processed food ✔️ 0% synthetic additives, 100% naturally derived ingredients

They say a lack of the essential growth nutrients cal-ma-di makes normal growth and skeletal formation impossible, so they seem like essential nutrients for little ones. They also say it can cause problems with maintaining nerves and muscles. The body gets problems here and there when anything is lacking. It suddenly made me think of rickets and things like that, where deficiencies cause issues even though our bodies are fine when they get even a little bit of what they need. I feed green vegetables during infancy too, but it felt good to be able to supplement with Grownew.

Kongkong is especially on the smaller side for a 7-month-old right now, so I’m trying hard to feed well, but it isn’t easy.. I think it may just be the baby’s personality.

They say calcium absorption is higher at younger ages. Since calcium accumulation is highest within the first year after birth, calcium intake when they are little is said to be very important. I only learned this now, so I thought I should take even better care of it!!

And they say commercially prepared baby food is lacking more than 96% of calcium compared with the nutrient intake standard. I give commercial baby food sometimes too, and I thought it was nutritionally sufficient, but I guess babies need looking after just as we take multivitamins.. I didn’t know magnesium was the most important nutrient during the growth golden time.. ㅜㅜ Even as a mom, there was so much I didn’t know. I’m learning as I raise my baby ^^

Lastly, I’ve been giving vitamin D since Kongkong was born. I take it too, and I know it is definitely difficult to absorb, so it seems nice that the vitamin D in Grownew also helps with calcium intake. They say there are two reasons children lack cal-ma-di.

• A lack of cal-ma-di nutrients in source foods, such as weaning food
• Low calcium absorption

I mixed it into weaning food, and Kongkong finished it all

Since calcium absorption is good when babies are young, I should make sure Kongkong eats weaning food well. I tried mixing Grownew, a baby calcium product made for babies’ cal-ma-di intake, into baby food. Thankfully, it didn’t seem to have an unusual taste, so Kongkong ate it well ^^ and finished the whole meal!!

Grownew uses organic eggshell calcium, which they say is good calcium obtained from nature rather than made synthetically ^^ It has a complex blend of rice-fermented magnesium, organic fermented dried-yeast vitamin D3, dried-yeast manganese, and organic fermented dried-yeast vitamin K, to boost calcium absorption!

When I said Kongkong ate it well, I learned that particle technology minimizing calcium’s characteristic gritty texture had been applied. That must be why Kongkong ate it so nicely ^^

They say it was the first Calmamang DK powder in Korea to be recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as an organic processed food.

And lastly, they say it contains 0% synthetic ingredients and synthetic additives, and 100% naturally derived ingredients.

They say no artificial synthetic excipients were added, so Kongkong enjoyed it ^^

They recommend it for these little ones

• Infants and children from age 1 through the growth years
• Children who want to build strong bones and teeth
• Children who need calcium supplementation during growth
• Children who need balanced nutrition because of picky eating
• Infants and young children who find it difficult to take nutritional supplements by swallowing or chewing

How to mix and serve Grownew

I mixed it into Kongkong’s weaning food. I think little ones would eat it well mixed into milk or formula, weaning food, yogurt, water, or juice ^^

They say you can give one sachet with one meal a day, or divide it between two meals in a purée, so please keep that in mind and make sure to provide baby calcium ^^ I’m going to take good care of it too ^^