The fats in human milk, infant formula and food provide your baby with energy and essential fats—linoleic and linolenic acids, fat soluble vitamins - A, D, E and K, as well as other fats that have many benefits.
Fats are high in energy which is especially important for infants.
A baby’s stomach is small and can only hold small amounts of food at a time. Their food therefore needs to be high in fat to give them the energy they need in a concentrated form and in quantities with which their stomachs can cope.
"Essential fats" means our bodies cannot produce them, and we need to get them from our diet. They play an important role in maintaining the proper functioning of cell membranes.
Fats help keep your baby healthy and are important in brain and eye development.