Fermented infant formula
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsHoukje BOURITIUS, Marieke ABRAHAMSE-BERKEVELD
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Abstract
A fermented infant formula or follow on formula for promoting a growth trajectory more similar to the growth trajectory in breast-fed infants. A fermented infant formula or follow on formula for i) promoting a balanced growth trajectory or body development in an infant and/or ii) preventing or reducing the risk of an unbalanced growth trajectory or body development in an infant. Saud formula comprises 3 to 7 g lipid/100 kcal, 1.25 to 5 g protein/100 kcal and 6 to 18 g digestible carbohydrate/100 kcal and wherein the nutritional composition comprises an ingredient fermented by lactic acid producing bacteria, and 0.05 to 1.5 wt % lactic acid based on dry weight.
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A method for promoting a postnatal growth trajectory or body development in an infant towards a growth trajectory or body development which is similar to the growth trajectory or body development observed in beast-fed infants, the method comprising administering a nutritional composition selected from an infant formula and a follow on formula comprising:
- (a) 3 to 7 g lipid/100 kcal,
- (b) 1.25 to 5 g protein/100 kcal,
- (c) 6 to 18 g digestible carbohydrate/100 kcal,
- (d) 0.25 wt % to 20 wt % of non-digestible oligosaccharides based on dry weight of the nutritional composition,
- (e) 0.05 to 1.5 wt % lactic acid based on dry weight, and
- (f) an ingredient fermented by lactic acid producing bacteria.
A method for promoting a balanced growth trajectory or body development in an infant, the method comprising administering a nutritional composition selected from an infant formula and a follow on formula comprising:
- (a) 3 to 7 g lipid/100 kcal,
- (b) 1.25 to 5 g protein/100 kcal,
- (c) 6 to 18 g digestible carbohydrate/100 kcal,
- (d) 0.25 wt % to 20 wt % of non-digestible oligosaccharides based on dry weight of the nutritional composition,
- (e) 0.05 to 1.5 wt % lactic acid based on dry weight, and
- (f) an ingredient fermented by lactic acid producing bacteria.
A method for preventing or reducing the risk of an unbalanced growth trajectory or body development in an infant, the method comprising administering a nutritional composition selected from an infant formula and a follow on formula comprising:
- (a) 3 to 7 g lipid/100 kcal,
- (b) 1.25 to 5 g protein/100 kcal,
- (c) 6 to 18 g digestible carbohydrate/100 kcal,
- (d) 0.25 wt % to 20 wt % of non-digestible oligosaccharides based on dry weight of the nutritional composition,
- (e) 0.05 to 1.5 wt % lactic acid based on dry weight, and
- (f) an ingredient fermented by lactic acid producing bacteria.
A method for promoting a postnatal growth trajectory or body development in an infant towards a growth trajectory or body development which is similar to the growth trajectory or body development observed in beast-fed infants, wherein the infant is at risk of having an adverse growth trajectory or body development, the method comprising administering a nutritional composition selected from an infant formula and a follow on formula comprising:
- (a) 3 to 7 g lipid/100 kcal,
- (b) 1.25 to 5 g protein/100 kcal,
- (c) 6 to 18 g digestible carbohydrate/100 kcal,
- (d) 0.25 wt % to 20 wt % of non-digestible oligosaccharides based on dry weight of the nutritional composition,
- (e) 0.05 to 1.5 wt % lactic acid based on dry weight, and
- (f) an ingredient fermented by lactic acid producing bacteria.
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