Sterilizing baby bottles and heating milk without electricity for busy parents

Parents who raise their babies with milk have a hard time every day. Every time the baby cries, they boil water to make milk, adjust the milk temperature, and sterilize the bottle after feeding.

To reduce the burden of childcare, liquid milk that babies can drink without preparation is seeing a rise in popularity in Japan in the past few years. However, some babies don’t like cold milk. In addition, the number of easy ways to sterilize baby bottles is increasing, such as the way using a microwave. However, many use electricity or gas, and also cannot be used in a disaster.

“Loipos Bottle Warmer” was born to solve those problems. Using it, you can sterilize a baby bottle and heat liquid milk in 17 minutes without electricity or gas. Since the cover has a heat-insulating structure, there is no worry about burns. It’s useful when going out with babies and in a disaster. Compared to disposable baby bottles sold for portable use, plastic waste can be significantly reduced.

Loipos Bottle Warmer is also easy to use. Place the exothermic material, baby bottle, and 20 ml of water in the container, cover it, and steam will be released. Disinfection is complete when the steam stops. Next, put a bottle of milk and 10 ml of water and cover. When the steam stops, heating is complete.

The exothermic material releases steam from 103°C to 107°C for about 7 minutes, which keeps the temperature inside the baby bottle at 80°C or higher for 3 minutes or longer, allowing the warmer can sterilizes a baby bottle with 99.9% efficiency.

The trigger for product development was the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake in October 2004. Due to a power outage, people could not heat the water to be distributed, even though it was already cold. They were pleased to use the same company’s “Easy Water Heater POT,” which boils water without electricity. On the other hand, parents with babies were in trouble because they couldn’t sterilize baby bottles. After seeing the situation, the company decided to develop a baby bottle disinfection kit that can be used even in a disaster.