Nutritional compositions with coated lipid globules
AssigneeN. V. Nutricia
InventorsEline Marleen Van Der Beek, Gelske Speelmans, Annemarie Oosting, Antonie Van Baalen, Marieke Abrahamse-Berkenveld, Günther Boehm
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a nutritional composition for infants and/or toddlers comprising a lipid component which has a lipid globules coated with phospholipids. The composition is used for increasing bone mineral content, bone mineral density, preventing osteoporosis, and/or preventing ostopenia.
Claims17
A method of increasing bone mass density and/or increasing bone mineral content, comprising administering to a human subject between 0 and 36 months of age at risk of developing osteoporosis or in need of enhancement of bone formation and/or bone mass maximation, a composition comprising:
- (a) 10 to 50 wt. % of vegetable lipids, based on dry weight of the composition,
- (b) 1.0 to 10 wt. % of phospholipids, based on total lipid,
- (c) glycosphingolipids, and
- (d) cholesterol,
- wherein the lipids comprise at least 16 wt. % palmitic acid based on total fatty acids of the composition, and
- wherein the vegetable lipids and the phospholipids are in lipid globules with a core comprising said vegetable lipids and a coating comprising said phospholipids lipids.
A method of treating and/or preventing osteoporosis and/or osteopenia, comprising administering to a human subject between 0 and 36 months of age at risk of developing osteoporosis and/or ostopenia a composition comprising:
- (a) 10 to 50 wt. % of vegetable lipids, based on dry weight of the composition,
- (b) 1.0 to 10 wt. % of phospholipids, based on total lipid,
- (c) glycosphingolipids, and
- (d) cholesterol,
- wherein the lipids comprise at least 16 wt. % palmitic acid based on total fatty acids of the composition, and
- wherein the vegetable lipids and the phospholipids are in lipid globules with a core comprising said vegetable lipids and a coating comprising said phospholipids.
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