The difference between the mainland version and the Hong Kong version of Friso. Is the Hong Kong version of Friso better or the mainland version?

Friso is a very common brand of milk powder. You can often see Friso advertisements on TV. In daily life, you can also see that many people like to drink Friso milk powder. There are many kinds of Friso milk powder.

The difference between the mainland version and the Hong Kong version of Friso: slightly different nutritional ingredients

The Hong Kong version of Friso has 5 more things than the mainland version: fish oil, glutamic acid, glutamine, calcium hydroxide, and sialic acid. In particular, glutamic acid, glutamine and nucleotides are listed in large letters on the can to show their importance, but the mainland version of Friso does not have them. Another important ingredient: SA, sialic acid, can promote the baby's brain development. The mainland version does not have it, but the Hong Kong version has it. In addition, the Hong Kong version of Friso does not have vanilla, but the mainland version does. The Hong Kong version smells fishier (because it contains fish oil), the mainland version of Friso has a stronger milky flavor, and the domestic version tastes sweeter. The Hong Kong version is easier to dissolve, and there are the same number of bubbles.

The second difference between the mainland version and the Hong Kong version of Friso: the Hong Kong version has a variety of varieties

The Friso milk powder products sold in Hong Kong include: Friso Plus, Friso Le, Friso Plus, Friso Gold (0-6), Friso Gold High Protein Milk Powder (6-36), Friso Gold High Growth Milk Powder (1-3), Friso Gold High Children's Growth Milk Powder (3 and above), and Friso En (pregnant milk powder). The Friso milk powder sold in mainland China only includes pregnant milk powder and baby milk powder for stages 1-4.

Friso milk powder mainland version segmentation:

Mainland China version of Friso Stage 1: 0-6 months old babies (900g)

Mainland China version of Friso Stage 2: 6-12 months old babies (900g)

Mainland China version of Friso stage 3: 1-3 months old babies (900g)

Mainland China version of Friso stage 4: 3-6 years old baby (900g)

Friso milk powder Hong Kong version segmentation:

Hong Kong version of Friso stage 1: 0-6 months old babies (900g)

Hong Kong version of Friso stage 2: 6-12 months old baby (900g)

Hong Kong version of Friso stage 3: 1-3 months old baby (900g)

Hong Kong version of Friso stage 4: Babies over 3 years old (900g)

Friso milk powder Dutch version segmentation:

Dutch Friso Stage 1: 0-6 months old babies (800g)

Dutch Friso Stage 2: 6-10 months old babies (800g)

Dutch Friso Stage 3: Babies over 10 months old (800g)

Dutch Friso Stage 4: 1-2 years old baby (700g)

Dutch Friso Stage 5: 2-7 years old baby (700g)

Difference between the mainland and Hong Kong versions of Friso 3: Different distribution companies

It should be noted that Friso entered the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong markets at different times. Its parent company, FrieslandCampina, started selling Friso milk powder in Hong Kong many years ago. After many years of sales in Hong Kong, Friso infant milk powder entered the Chinese mainland market in 1992, with Swiss company Dachang Matheson as the general agent. The Hong Kong version of Friso is distributed by FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., while the mainland version of Friso is distributed by FrieslandCampina Food Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Difference between the mainland version and the Hong Kong version of Friso 4: The mainland has a milk powder traceability system

The mainland version of Friso has a milk powder traceability system. Mothers can trace every step of each can of milk powder from production, packaging, entry and exit inspection and transportation through Friso's official website, which can avoid buying fakes. The Hong Kong version does not have it yet.

Whether it is the Hong Kong version or the mainland version of Friso, the milk source and production area are all in the Netherlands, 100% of which is imported milk. The author found that the answers on the Internet about the difference between the versions of Friso milk powder are quite confusing. In fact, there is no big difference between the Hong Kong version and the mainland version of Friso. It’s just that the implementation standards are different, and the instructions and packaging fonts on the outer packaging are different. Whether it is the Hong Kong version or the mainland version, Friso does not have a production line in China. In other words, from milk source to filling, everything is completed in the Netherlands. Hong Kong and the mainland are only sales areas, not production areas.

Friso is produced by Royal FrieslandCampina of the Netherlands and is produced in the Netherlands and Germany. It has three versions: Friso (0-6 months), Friso Le (6-12 months), and Friso Plus (1-3 years).

Royal FrieslandCampina is a Dutch dairy company that focuses only on the production of dairy products and is proud of its insistence on using pure milk from Holstein cows raised on green pastures in the Netherlands and strict production supervision. From raw milk to canning, everything is made locally in the Netherlands. The company truly imports 100% of its products from the Netherlands (the barcode number on each can of product can identify the origin of the product). The company has more than 16,000 contracted dairy farmers, who are all shareholders of the company. They own the company together with the managers and participate in the management. This unique cooperative operation model ensures the stability and reliability of the milk powder quality. Due to this unique cooperative operation model, the quality of Friso's milk powder has been recognized and has begun to enter the Chinese market. Two versions, "Mainland Friso" and "Hong Kong Friso", appeared in different import channels.

1. First of all, from the perspective of brand and production company

Friso was originally produced by the Swiss Hero Group and used the Friso trademark in the Netherlands. But at that time, the Friso trademark was borrowed from another company, FrieslandCampina. A few years ago, FrieslandCampina felt that the brand had grown too big, so it took the trademark back from Hero. The story after that is that Hero no longer had the trademark, so it changed the name of Friso to Herobaby and continued to sell it in the Netherlands. Except for the name, there are no other changes, it is still the original Friso. After FrieslandCampina took back the trademark, it began to produce milk powder on its own, but it was only sold in Southeast Asia. All the Friso trademarks you see in China and Hong Kong are produced by FrieslandCampina. It has nothing to do with the old Friso Hero. The Friso milk powder currently sold in the Netherlands does not have the Friso logo.

2. Secondly, from the version point of view

At present, what we call "Friso" or "Friso Care", as far as I know, there are three versions, one is the domestic Friso Care (a section is called Friso Power), another is the Hong Kong version of Friso, and the other is the Dutch native Friso. From the above brands and production companies, we already know that in fact, the domestic Friso Care and the Hong Kong version of Friso Care are the same brand and produced by the same company, while the Dutch Friso is another brand and is also produced by another company.

3. From the formula

After saying so much above, I believe everyone is clear that Friso and Dutch Friso are actually two different brands. So in terms of formula, the domestic version and Hong Kong version of Friso are closer, while the Dutch Friso is quite different.

Comparison between Hong Kong version of Friso and domestic Friso:

The Hong Kong version of Friso contains five more ingredients than the domestic version: fish oil, glutamic acid, glutamine, and calcium hydroxide. In particular, glutamic acid, glutamine, and nucleotides are listed in large letters on the can to show their importance.

The domestic Friso does not have it. Another important ingredient: SA, sialic acid. It promotes the baby's brain development. The domestic Friso does not have it, but the Hong Kong version has it. The Hong Kong version smells fishier (because it contains fish oil), while the domestic Friso has a stronger milky flavor. The domestic version tastes sweeter. The Hong Kong version is easier to dissolve. There are the same number of bubbles.

5. Comparison between Dutch local Friso and Hong Kong/domestic Friso Jiaer:

The Hong Kong/domestic version of Friso is produced specifically for Hong Kong/China, so the milk source, formula and processing technology are all based on Asian standards (of course, many people say that the milk source is also from the Netherlands). The local Dutch Friso is based on the EU food inspection and quarantine standards. (Europe's standards for food supervision are stricter than any other country. For example, compared with the United States, if genetically modified foods are circulated in the EU market, they must be marked as genetically modified. The addition of genetically modified ingredients to infant food is no exception, not to mention the problem of poor quality milk powder. Once counterfeiting is discovered, the Dutch government will severely punish it.)

Hong Kong version of Friso: no vanilla, contains sucrose and maltodextrin, a little sweet.

Domestic Friso: Added vanilla, contains sucrose, maltodextrin, slightly sweet.

Dutch native Friso: no sucrose, no flavoring, no maltodextrin, relatively light, tastes closer to breast milk

Some of the Hong Kong/domestic Friso products are imported from the Netherlands, but some are bottled in Indonesia, which many mothers probably don’t know. Different production standards lead to the use of different production lines, and then different processing technologies.

Dutch Friso's local milk source is only for the Dutch domestic market and is not exported. Local Friso is the first to use the scientific and technological achievements of the parent company, with a fast product update speed and rapid application of scientific research results. The segmentation is more scientific and detailed than the Hong Kong version or Jiaer.

6. Let’s talk about the packaging

The Hong Kong/Chinese version of Friso is packaged in metal barrels, while the Dutch version is packaged in environmentally friendly paper boxes with two tin foil bags inside, which is more simple and environmentally friendly. The Dutch Friso Platinum version is packaged in metal barrels.