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US 8,557,320 B2Granted
Nutritional composition having prebiotic
AssigneeMead Johnson Nutrition Company
InventorsBryon W. Petschow, Robert J. McMahon, Glenn R. Gibson, Robert A. Rastall, Renia Gemmell, Maria Saarela, Anna-Marja Aura
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a novel method for increasing the production of acetate, decreasing the production of butyrate, increasing the population and species of beneficial bacteria and slowing the rate of fermentation of prebiotics within the gut of a formula-fed infant. The method comprises administration of a therapeutically effective amount of PDX to the infant.
Claims15
A nutritional composition comprising
- a. polydextrose in an amount between about 1.0 g/L and 10.0 g/L;
- b. a lipid or fat;
- c. a protein source selected from the group consisting of whey protein, casein, casein protein, nonfat milk, hydrolyzed protein and combinations thereof;
- and
- d. about 5 to about 200 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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