Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Veronique Jaussan

Dominique Brassart

Thomas Schweizer

Thierry Brun

Eduardo Schiffrin

Ferdinand Haschke

Claudia Roessle

Michel Bourguignon

Evelyn Spivey-Krobath

Claude Cavadini

Etienne Alfred Grasset

Franck Arnaud-Battandier

A nutritional composition is described for prevention or treatment of an immune condition. The composition includes at least vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, copper, zinc, selenium, fructo-oligosaccharides and/or gum acacia, a probiotic lactic acid bacterium. For example, in an embodiment it comprises per 300 g: 150 IU Vitamin E, 120 mg Vitamin C, 2 mg Vitamin B6, 400 ug Folic acid, 3.8 ug Vitamin B12, 1.5 mg Copper, 15 mg Zinc, 100 ug Selenium, 3 g Fructo-oligosaccharides and/or gum acacia, 10E10 cfu ST11 lactobacillus. Also disclosed are a method for making the nutritional composition, a method for manufacturing a functional food or medicament; and a method of prevention or treatment of an immune condition by administering an effective amount of the composition, functional food or medicament.

Nutritional composition for treating an immune condition

An enteral composition which contains a protein source, a lipid source, a carbohydrate source, and a fibre blend. The fibre blend contains inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides and has 45 to 55% by weight of the blend of soluble fibre and 45 to 55% by weight of the blend of insoluble fibre. The fibre blend may also contain pea inner fibres and pea outer envelope fibres.

Fiber blend for enteral composition

Nutritive composition based on fibers comprising at least a mixture of pea internal fibers, pea external envelope fibers and inulin.

Nutritive composition

An enteral, nutritional composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory conditions of the gastro-intestinal tract; for example Crohn's disease. The composition contains: (i) casein rich in TGF-.beta.2; (ii) a lipid source which provides about 35% to about 50% of energy; and (iii) a carbohydrate source.

Composition and method for treatment of inflammatory conditions of the

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Vincennes, France

Veronique Jaussan