Antiregurgitation formula
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsEvan Abrahamse, Lauriane Emmanuelle Mélanie Schwebel, Sebastian Tims, Leonardo Cornacchia
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Abstract
The invention is in the field of thickened formulas for infants that suffer from regurgitation. In particular the infant formulas are thickened with a combination of xanthan gum and locust bean gum and comprise a mixture of specific nondigestible oligosaccharides.
Claims19
A nutritional composition suitable for providing nutrition to an infant or young child, preferably an infant, comprising lipids, digestible carbohydrates, protein, thickener and non-digestible oligosaccharide, wherein the thickener comprises a combination of xanthan gum and locust bean gum and the non-digestible oligosaccharide comprises long-chain fructo-oligosaccharide and short-chain oligosaccharides selected from galacto-oligosaccharides and fructo-oligosaccharides.
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