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US 2019/0208807 A1Published application
Nutritional compositions containing milk-derived peptides and uses thereof
AssigneeMead Johnson Nutrition Company
InventorsJOSHUA BEAUMONT LABHART, SARAH DIANE MARIA, SHAY CRISTINE PHILLIPS, DATTATREYA BANAVARA
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Abstract
Provided are nutritional compositions having a protein component that includes certain peptides and/or bioactive peptides. Further disclosed are nutritional composition having a protein source that includes intact protein, beta-casein enriched casein hydrolysate, and/or peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da. The nutritional compositions disclosed are suitable for administration to pediatric subjects, such as infants.
Claims20
A staged feeding regimen for an infant, comprising the steps of:
- A) administering a first nutritional composition comprising from about 5 wt. % to about 15 wt % of a protein source or protein equivalent source having peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da to a newborn infant:
- B) administering a second nutritional composition comprising from about 6 wt % to about 7 wt % of a protein or protein equivalent source having peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da to a middle stage infant;
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- C) administering a third nutritional composition comprising from about 4% to about 6% of a protein or protein equivalent source having peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da to a later stage infant.
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A nutritional composition comprising:
- a carbohydrate source;
- a fat or lipid source;
- and
- a protein source, wherein the protein source comprises from about 4% to about 10% of peptides weighing from about 500 Da to about 1,999 Da, beta-casein enriched casein hydrolysate, and intact protein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.