Nutritional compositions with coated lipid globules

A method for treating and/or reducing the risk of obesity comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a nutritional composition comprising 10 to 50 wt. % vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition, and

• (i) 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipid;
• or
• (ii) 0.6 to 25 wt. % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol,
• wherein the composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising the vegetable lipids and a coating comprising the phospholipids or polar lipids.

A method for increasing lean body mass, decreasing fat mass, and/or decreasing fat mass relative to total body weight of a subject, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a nutritional composition comprising 10 to 50 wt. % vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition, and

• (i) 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipid;
• or
• (ii) 0.6 to 25 wt. % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol,
• wherein the composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising the vegetable lipids and a coating comprising the phospholipids or polar lipids.

A nutritional composition, comprising:

• (a) 10 to 50 wt. % vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition, and
• (b) 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipid, wherein the phospholipids are derived from milk lipids,
• wherein the composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising the vegetable lipids and a coating comprising the phospholipids, and
• wherein the lipid globules comprise:
• (i) a volume-weighted mode diameter above 1.0 μm, and/or
• (ii) a diameter of 2 to 12 μm in an amount of at least 45 volume % based on total lipid.

A nutritional composition, comprising:

• (a) 10 to 50 wt. % vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition, and
• (b) 0.6 to 25 wt. % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol based on total lipid,
• wherein the composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising the vegetable lipids and a coating comprising the polar lipids, and
• wherein the lipid globules comprise:
• (i) a volume-weighted mode diameter above 1.0 μm and/or
• (ii) a diameter of 2 to 12 μm in an amount of at least 45 volume % based on total lipid.

A nutritional composition, comprising:

• (a) 10 to 50 wt. % vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition, and
• (b) 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipid, wherein the phospholipids are derived from milk lipids, or
• (c) 0.6 to 25 wt. % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol based on total lipid,
• wherein the lipids have a fatty acid profile with a linoleic acid to alpha-linolenic acid weight ratio between 4 and 7, and
• wherein the composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising the vegetable lipids and a coating comprising the phospholipids or polar lipds,
• wherein the lipid globules comprise
• (i) a volume-weighted mode diameter below 1.0 μm, and
• (ii) a diameter of 2 to 12 μm in an amount of at least 45 volume % based on total lipid.