Baby Food and Formula priced at $20 in 2025 $20 in 2025

Baby Food And Formula Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Baby Food And Formula, 2025-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for baby food and formula are similar in 2025 versus 2025 (a $0 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2025: Baby Food and Formula experienced an average inflation rate of 0% per year. In other words, baby food and formula costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 0.82%, which is the average yearly change for baby food and formula during the 2025-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.35%), inflation for baby food and formula was lower.

Price Inflation for Baby Food and Formula since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (11.56%), 2023 (8.35%), and 2008 (5.60%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Baby Food and Formula, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2025$20.000.82%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Baby Food and Formula:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000102.100105.977110.269113.831115.854118.692122.585124.362128.015130.415137.715139.985139.927143.402149.214151.166154.161153.917155.851158.333161.782168.648173.071177.612198.145214.682224.496226.345

Adjust baby food and formula prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Baby Food and Formula was 226.345 in the year 2025 and 226.345 in 2025:

226.345 / 226.345 * $20 = $20

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Baby Food and Formula).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Baby Food and Formula in 1997. In addition to baby food and formula, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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