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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Anne Donnet-hughes, Saint-Legier, CH;
Eduardo Schiffrin, Crissier, CH;
Ferdinand Haschke, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Marie-claire Fichot, La Tour de Peilz, CH;
Karl-josef Huber-haag, Pully, CH;
Anne Donnet-Hughes, Saint-Legier, CH;
Eduardo Schiffrin, Crissier, CH;
Ferdinand Haschke, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Marie-Claire Fichot, La Tour de Peilz, CH;
Karl-Josef Huber-Haag, Pully, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an infant formula comprising a source of protein in an amount of not more than 2.0 g/100 kcal, a source of lipids, a source of carbohydrate and a probiotic wherein the probiotic is present in an amount equivalent to between 10and 10cfu/g of dry formula. The invention further extends to the use of such an infant formula to modulate the immune system of a neonatal infant to promote the development in the first few weeks of the life of the infant of a beneficial intestinal microbiota comparable with that found in breast fed babies as well as to promote the maturation of the immune system of a neonatal infant in the first few weeks of life.