Preterm milk formula
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsGilda Elise Georgi, Bernd Stahl
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a protein fortifier for use in varying the amount of protein in preterm infant nutrition, thereby adapting the formula or human milk to the nutritional needs of very low birth weight infants and extremely low birth weight infants.
Claims18
A kit of parts for use in providing a protein and/or calorie adapted body weight dependent nutrition to preterm infants comprising
- a) a basic nutritional composition and
- b) a protein fortifier which comprises at least 50% protein based on total calories of the protein fortifier and at least 50 wt % protein based on dry weight of the protein fortifier.
The kit according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the protein fortifier comprises casein and whey protein.
The kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the protein fortifier comprises a protein with a degree of hydrolysis from 3 to 20%.
The kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the protein fortifier, the basic nutritional composition or both is or are present in form of a unit dose.
The kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the kit comprises additionally c) instructions for adding at least a portion of the protein fortifier to the basic nutritional composition.
A protein fortifier for use in providing in combination with an infant nutritional composition a protein and/or calorie adapted body weight dependent nutrition to preterm infants, wherein the protein fortifier comprises at least 50% protein based on total calories of the protein fortifier and at least 50 wt % protein based on dry weight of the protein fortifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.