Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Nestec S.a.

Sze Tan

Philippe Steenhout

Ferdinand Haschke

Delphine Egli

Karl-Josef Huber-Haag

Laurent Ameye

Marilisa Hamaoka-Hermann

Simona Stan

The present invention relates to the use of a nutritional composition having a low amount of protein, such as less than 1.8 g/100 kcal for administration to infants of non-obese and non-overweight mothers so as to reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, increased weight gain, increased fat deposition, overweight, obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus later in said infant's life.

Use of nutritional compositions having a low protein amount

The present invention relates to a liquid milk fortifier composition for administration to infants, which fortifier composition comprises lipids in an amount of above 75% of the caloric content. The fortifier may be administrated to infants either as a supplement to human breast milk or to infant formulas. The present invention also relates to the use of the fortifier composition as well as a kit of parts for use in providing a lipid and/or calorie adapted body weight dependent nutrition to infants.

Liquid milk fortifier composition with relatively high lipid content

The present invention relates to an apparatus () for providing metered amounts of ingredients to a nutritional composition for use in administration to an infant, in particular the present invention relates to an apparatus for providing individualized nutrition for infants based on the infants' special needs, the apparatus comprises a plurality of containers (), a plurality of delivery devices (), input means () and a controller () adapted to control the metered amounts of ingredients delivered individually from the containers in response to the input. Further, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a nutritional composition for an infant which is tailored to that specific infant.

Apparatus and method for providing metered amounts of ingredient, especially for a tailored nutrition to infants

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