Nutritional composition for stimulating bifidobacteria
AssigneeFrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
InventorsPetronella Johanna Looijesteijn, Cécile Marguerite Singh-Povel, Arjen Nauta
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Abstract
Nutritional composition comprising galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) and 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) in a GOS:2′-FL weight ratio of 1:9-9:1 for use in increasing the relative abundance of bifidobacteria, preferably Bifidobacterium adolescentis and/or Bifidobacterium longum in the gastro-intestinal tract of a non-infant human subject.
Claims19
A method of treating or preventing the development of a disease associated with a low relative abundance of bifidobacteria in the gastro intestinal track of a non-infant human subject, wherein the non-infant human subject has a lower than average abundance of bifidobacteria in the gastro intestinal tract, the method comprising administering to the non-infant human subject an effective amount of a nutritional composition comprising galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) and 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) in a GOS:2′-FL weight ratio of 1:9-9:1.
A method of increasing the relative abundance of bifidobacteria in the gastro intestinal tract of a non-infant human subject, the method comprising administering to the non-infant human subject an effective amount of a nutritional composition comprising galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) and 2′-Fucosyllactose (2′-FL) in a GOS:
- 2′-FL weight ratio of 1:9-9:1.
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