Destiny Statement

Medela's Breastfeeding Division exists to enhance mother and baby health through the life-giving benefits of breastmilk. 

Breastfeeding Support Pledge

"We pledge our dedication to breastfeeding as the best nutrition for babies and families.  We further pledge that our breastfeeding accessory products and literature shall never be used to influence mothers to switch from breastfeeding to infant formula feeding.  Nor shall our breastfeeding accessory products and literature be used in any way to promote artificial baby milk."

       - Olle Larsson, Founder of Medela

Medela Position Statements

• The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (WHO Code)

Medela's Commitment to Breastfeeding and Breastmilk:

Medela is committed to supporting the WHO Code's call for commitment to breastfeeding and breastmilk as the optimal nutrition for the growth, development and health of babies. We believe it is our obligation to offer a complete solution from "breast to belly", of high quality products that enable mothers to provide the best nutrition of breastmilk to their babies. With an extensive portfolio of breastpumps, Medela is committed to also offer solutions that help moms feed their expressed breastmilk back to their babies. Our existing specialty feeding devices are effective tools for feeding special needs babies. In line with the AAP Guidelines on introducing bottle feeding, Medela is pleased to now offer a conventional system for feeding breastmilk once breastfeeding is well established. The combination of our specialty feeding devices and conventional feeding systems helps Medela realize our obligation and commitment to mothers by offering complete solutions from "breast to belly".

Medela company history

Medela's commitment to quality products and supportive programs has made the company the industry leader and the primary supplier of breastpumps to healthcare facilities in the United States.

Medela is the first manufacturer in the United States to develop a workplace program to meet the needs of working mothers. Through the Corporate Lactation Program, businesses support breastfeeding employees and their families by providing breastfeeding counseling and breastpumps in an accessible, private, pleasant location. This program has been instrumental in making American businesses more "nursing-mother-friendly" with programs in major corporate firms.

Commitment to quality, research & innovation For over 25 years, Medela has set the standards of excellence in our field in the US and in doing so, raises the bar for the rest of the industry. Our dedication to excellence in quality and safety, improving knowledge through research, and appropriate use of technological developments confirms our leadership position and is what enables Medela to offer the highest quality products available. Medela's quality system is ISO 13485 certified, and we further strive to improve our products and services through a continuous quality assurance and improvement process. Learn more about ISO 13485 certification.