Nutritional composition comprising urea, non-digestible oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsCornelus Johannes Petrus van Limpt, Roger Bongers
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Abstract
The invention relates to nutritional compositions for infants and in particular formulae for infants comprising human milk oligosaccharides, specific bifidobacteria, and urea as non-protein nitrogen source for improving the intestinal microbiota.
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A nutritional composition comprising urea, non-digestible oligosaccharide, and lactic acid producing bacteria, wherein the non-digestible oligosaccharide comprises one or more human milk oligosaccharides selected from the group consisting of 2′-fucosyllacose (2′-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3 FL), 3′-sialyllactose (3′-SL), and 6′-sialyllactose (6′-SL), and wherein the lactic acid producing bacteria comprise a strain of Bifidobacterium longum ssp infantis able to express urease, and a strain of Bifidobacterium bifidum able to express at least one extracellular enzyme selected from a fucosidase and a sialidase and not able to express a urease.
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