AMMEVA produces breast milk powder and fortifier from your donated milk
Breast milk – a donation for life!
Breast milk is the best thing for every baby. And for premature babies it’s life-saving.
This is because the intestines of premature babies are often not yet fully functional. Ready-made food puts a strain on the baby and its intestines and can trigger allergic reactions to animal proteins. Breast milk, on the other hand, is easy to digest. It prevents serious illnesses as well as possible operations that might rob premature babies of the strength to grow. Rarely do mothers of premature babies reach the amount that a premature baby really needs by pumping. Some premature mothers cannot or are not allowed to breastfeed at all.
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Mothers helping mothers and their premature babies
How you can help!
You breastfeed your own child fully and have more milk than your child needs. It is precisely with this excess that you can help premature or sick babies. You give lasting life, strength to grow and help prevent serious illnesses in immature babies.
Become a breast milk donor
Contact AMMEVA by email or phone or enter your contact details in the form below. We’ll get in touch and discuss your breastfeeding routine with you, because the first priority remains that your own baby is well cared for when fully breastfed. To ensure this and also to give the premature babies who are being helped with your milk peace of mind, your blood and breast milk samples will be tested.
AMMEVA
checks your health requirements as a donor to ensure that the donated milk does not pose a risk to the recipient child. If everything fits, you can use your donation to give babies a better start in life or even help save their lives. AMMEVA collects your breast milk from all over Germany. After testing and processing, AMMEVA preserves the milk by drying it and delivers it in powder form, the so-called fortifier, to hospitals with premature baby wards.
Your donation will only benefit premature and sick babies in clinical care. Our premature parents thank you from the bottom of their hearts ❤️. And so of course does the AMMEVA team.
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Research, development and manufacture in Germany
The procedure has been developed and tested through an extremely elaborate process. Our work is subject to strict control mechanisms that guarantee first-class and safe production throughout the entire production chain.
Breast milk – the best for every baby
Why is breast milk so important?
For premature babies, breast milk is not only the best, it’s life-giving. Because often the intestines are not yet fully functioning.
Ready-made formula derived from animal milk puts a strain on the intestines and the whole child. It can trigger allergic reactions.
Breast milk prevents serious illnesses and operations that rob the premature baby of strength.
“I would like to say a huge THANK YOU. It is so great that AMMEVA exists. I am still thrilled & will recommend your project to every mum. I felt super cared for & proud to have been able to help premature babies through you. Keep up the good work!”
Jessica W. (Mum & milk donor)
“It was an honour to be involved with my first daughter and to have helped so many families. I wish you all the best for the future. Thank you for the very lovely partnership.”
Franziska K. (Mum and milk donor)
Should I donate breast milk?
Premature babies are often too weak to drink and they haven’t yet learned to swallow in the womb. So they usually get a feeding tube.
However, the mothers of premature babies rarely reach the amount a premature baby needs by pumping. And the mother’s milk does not cover the nutritional needs of a premature baby. This is why the milk needs to be enriched with fortifiers. From donated breast milk.
In this way you can enable premature babies to develop healthily with your donated milk.
Get to know AMMEVA
AMMEVA is the first company in the EU to produce fortifier made exclusively from the milk of donor women, thus avoiding or greatly reducing the dreaded allergenic diseases.
What is AMMEVA?
AMMEVA is research, development and production in Germany. Get to know the company story and the founder team here!
For mothers & donors
As a mother, you know the unconditional love that brings with it many worries. Learn more, become a milk donor, help premature babies.
For professionals
You’re close to the mothers and premature babies for whom a breast milk donation makes the start in life easier. Get to know us, read our FAQs and become our partner.
FAQs, specialist knowledge and more!
Read our specialist articles and understand why we dry the breast milk, learn how you can become a donor, and discover the possibilities in becoming a specialist partner to AMMEVA.
How breast milk donation works
Like many other breastfeeding mothers, you may have more milk than your baby needs. With your breast milk, you can give premature babies strength to grow and help prevent serious illness.
Contact AMMEVA by email or phone or enter your contact details in the form below. We will contact you and talk to you about your breastfeeding routine, because the first priority remains that your own baby is well cared for. To ensure this and also to provide reassurance to the premature babies who are being helped with your milk, your blood and breast milk samples will be tested.
If everything fits, you can make the start in life easier for other babies with your donation.
Our premature parents thank you from the bottom of their hearts ❤️. And so does the AMMEVA team.
Breast Milk FAQs
Why is breast milk so important?
For premature babies breast milk is not only the best – it’s life-saving. Because often the intestine isn’t yet fully functioning. Ready-made food that comes from animal milk stresses the intestines and the whole child. It can trigger allergic reactions. Breast milk prevents serious illnesses and possible operations that rob the premature baby of strength.
What is a fortifier?
Premature babies who would normally still be fed via the umbilical cord need a different nutrient composition than breast milk, as this is intended for 9-month-old – and thus mature – babies. Breast milk or donor milk must therefore be fortified with specific nutrients.
Should I donate breast milk?
Premature babies are often too weak to drink and they have not yet learned to swallow in the womb. So they usually get a tube. However, the mothers rarely reach the amount a premature baby needs by pumping. And the mother’s milk does not cover the nutritional needs of a premature baby. This is why the milk has to be enriched with fortifiers.
Where does AMMEVA get the breast milk?
AMMEVA collects women’s milk throughout Germany, exclusively from donors who are fully breastfeeding their own child and have enough milk left for a donation. When the donor stops breastfeeding her own child, the donation period for AMMEVA also ends.
Why fortifier from human milk?
Misleadingly, all fortifiers are labelled as human milk fortifiers, even though they are produced on the basis of bovine milk, mostly cow’s milk. But premature babies in particular often react allergically to proteins of other species – with serious consequences. AMMEVA human milk fortifiers are made exclusively from women’s milk. AMMEVA is the only manufacturer of purely human fortifiers in the EU.
Why does AMMEVA provide the fortifier in powder form?
The stomach and intestines of a premature baby are still very small and can only absorb small amounts of food. Due to the powder form of AMMEVA fortifiers, breast milk can be fortified without any significant volume load for the child. The powder has a very long shelf life and is easy to use.
How does the fortifier processed?
The processing technology was developed and patented by AMMEVA itself. In contrast to the still common pasteurisation (30 minutes at 63°C), it corresponds to a state-of-the-art milk processing method.
The essential basis for processing is a special freeze-drying process, which is preceded by various steps such as separation processes, microfiltrations in several stages and specific heat treatments to eliminate pathogenic germs and other harmful substances.
Freeze-drying in combination with microfiltration processes is particularly suitable because important ingredients such as immunoglobulins are preserved. In addition, freeze-drying gives the powder a long shelf life and makes it easy to process.
Which criteria are there in order to become an AMMEVA breast milk donor?
In principle, all healthy mothers who have a clear surplus of milk are eligible for milk donation. Our top priority is always to ensure that your own child is well provided for when fully breastfed. In addition, you need a freezing capacity (at min.-18 °C) for 40-50 lying milk bags, which you freeze in compliance with our hygiene rules and store until collection throughout Germany. Please contact our donor service by e-mail or telephone. We will discuss the further donation requirements together and clarify important points regarding nutrition and medication. In this way, together we can protect the health and best development of you and the recipient child.
How can I donate my breast milk?
As a donor, you register with the AMMEVA donor service.
Our donor service takes all donors by the hand, so to speak, and accompanies and advises them on all questions that need to be clarified in connection with the donation.
If discussions and subsequent examinations are positive, various agreements are made between the donor and AMMEVA GmbH, naturally taking into account comprehensive data protection. We will provide you with comprehensive personal advice.
The donated milk is collected from the donor by AMMEVA via a professional frozen transport system and temporarily stored at AMMEVA. Quality tests are then carried out by certified laboratories. If suitable quality characteristics are present, the donated milk is approved for processing and processed at the AMMEVA production facility in Werder an der Havel. The quality tests comply with the strict guidelines of HMBANA (Human Milk Banking Association of North America).
AMMEVA GmbH – Research, Production & Development from Germany
