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US 10,440,982 B2Granted
Cereal-based infant nutrition with fibre
AssigneeN. V. Nutricia
InventorsBernd Stahl, Martine Sandra Alles, Brigitte Antonia Maria Borgmann
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Abstract
Cereal-based semi-liquid and/or semi-solid compositions suitable for supporting the transition period wherein the infant changes from a diet consisting of breast milk or liquid infant formula to solid adult foods, comprising uronic acid carbohydrates with a degree of polymerization (DP) between 10 and 300 and also uses thereof are disclosed.
Claims15
An infant nutritional composition with a viscosity between 150 and 100,000 mPas at 20° C. and at a shear rate of 10 s−1, comprising:
- (a) 10 to 99 wt. % one or more cereal components based on dry weight of the nutritional composition;
- (b) 1.0 to 30 wt. % additional fiber based on dry weight of the nutritional composition, wherein the additional fiber comprises:
- (i) soluble non-digestible carbohydrates (SNC) which comprise uronic acid carbohydrates (UAC) and 10 to 95 wt. % inulin based on total fiber of the composition,
- wherein the UAC content is 0.5 to 100 wt. % UAC based on total fiber of the composition, the UAC obtained from partially degraded pectin selected from the group consisting of partially degraded apple pectin, partially degraded citrus pectin and partially degraded sugar beet pectin, and
- (ii) insoluble non-starch polysaccharides (INSP), and
- (c) minerals at the indicated concentrations per 100 gr dry weight of the composition, comprising
- (i) 3 to 10 mg iron;
- (ii) 1 to 3 mg zinc;
- (iii) 300 to 500 mg calcium;
- and (iv) iodine consisting of 50 to 150 μg iodine.
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A powder composition for feeding infants comprising:
- (a) 10 to 99 wt. % cereal flour, milled cereals and/or ground cereals based on dry weight of the powder composition;
- (b) 1.0 to 30 wt. % additional fiber based on dry weight of the powder composition, and wherein the additional fiber comprises:
- (i) soluble non-digestible carbohydrate (SNC) which comprise uronic acid carbohydrates (UAC),
- wherein the UAC content of the powder composition is 0.5 to 100 wt. % UAC based on total fiber, the UAC obtained from partially degraded pectin selected from the group consisting of partially degraded apple pectin, partially degraded citrus pectin and partially degraded sugar beet pectin,
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- (ii) insoluble non-starch polysaccharides (INSP);
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- (c) minerals at the indicated concentrations per 100 gr dry weight of the powder composition, comprising
- (i) 3 to 10 mg iron;
- (ii) 1 to 3 mg zinc;
- (iii) 300 to 500 mg calcium;
- and (iv) iodine consisting of 50 to 150 μg iodine.
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