Comparing of the new national standard consultation draft published by the National Health  Commission and the old national standard in 2010, a distingtive changes are found mainly focued in two aspects. On the one hand, the new national standard has increased the regulations on certain nutrients, and the nutrients such as choline have been changed to an optional items. It is necessary to increase the ratio of whey protein to lactose. On the other hand, the new national standard strictly regulates the upper and lower limits of vitamins, niacin, folic acid, and nutrients such as sodium, potassium and copper.
 

The most obvious change is the determining regulation of the problem of sucrose and fructose instead of lactose in the past. In the old standards of the past, there was only one standard for carbohydrates in the standard of milk powder. In the new national standard, first-stage and second-stage infant formulas prefer lactose, and lactose should account for 90% of total carbohydrates. Above, fructose and sucrose should not be used. On the third-stage milk powder, for dairy-based infant formula (except lactose-free and low-lactose products), lactose should account for more than or equal to 50% of total carbohydrates.