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AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsFrederic Destaillats, Valerie Petit
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The present invention relates to a nutritional composition, for infants and young children (about 12 to 36 months) in which the sum of the triacylglycerols (TAG) sn-1(3) palmitic acid (PA), myristic acid (MA) and stearic acid (SA) constitutes less than 13.0% of the TAG. The composition promotes absorption of fatty acids and calcium in the gut, improves gut comfort, decreases abdominal pain associated with hard stool formation, promotes regular bowel movements and reduces the incidence and severity of constipation in infants and young children (up to the age of about three years old). The composition also promotes bone mineralization, increasing bone strength and bone mineral density.
A nutritional composition for infants or young children comprising protein, carbohydrates and lipids, the lipids comprising fatty acid (FA) triacylglycerols (TAG), the fatty acid TAG comprising stearic, palmitic and myristic esters, wherein the sum of the amount of stearic, palmitic and myristic esters at the sn-1(3) position of the TAG is less than 13.0% (w/w) of TAG and the myristic acid represents up to 3.6% of the total FA, the palmitic acid represents up to 11.1% of the total FA and stearic acid represents up to 4.6% of the total FA (w/w).
A method for reducing digestive discomfort and/or reducing abdominal pain and/or reducing the incidence and/or severity of colic and/or reducing the incidence and/or severity of constipation in infants or young children comprising administering to an infant in need of same a composition comprising protein, carbohydrates and lipids, the lipids comprising fatty acid (FA) triacylglycerols (TAG), the fatty acid TAG comprising stearic, palmitic and myristic esters, wherein the sum of the amount of stearic, palmitic and myristic esters at the sn-1(3) position of the TAG is less than 13.0% (w/w) of TAG and the myristic acid represents up to 3.6% of the total FA, the palmitic acid represents up to 11.1% of the total FA and stearic acid represents up to 4.6% of the total FA (w/w).
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Method for improving calcium homeostasis and calcium and lipid absorption, increasing calcium and lipid retention, and/or in reducing the formation of palmitic acid or stearic acid or myristic acid soaps in infants or young children comprising the steps of administering to an infant or young child in need of same comprising protein, carbohydrates and lipids, the lipids comprising fatty acid (FA) triacylglycerols (TAG), the fatty acid TAG comprising stearic, palmitic and myristic esters, wherein the sum of the amount of stearic, palmitic and myristic esters at the sn-1(3) position of the TAG is less than 13.0% (w/w) of TAG and the myristic acid represents up to 3.6% of the total FA, the palmitic acid represents up to 11.1% of the total FA and stearic acid represents up to 4.6% of the total FA (w/w).
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