Nutritional composition to promote healthy development and growth

摘要

A nutritional composition having a lipid or fat; a protein source; a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which comprises docosahexanoic acid; and up to about 2.5% by weight of a source of supplemental calcium which, when dissociated, provides a cation having prebiotic functionality.

主权项

1. A nutritionally complete nutritional composition comprising
a. about 3 to about 7 g/100 kcal of a lipid or fat; b. about 1 to about 5 g/100 kcal of a bovine milk protein source; c. about 5 to about 100 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising docosahexanoic acid; d. about 1.0% to about 2.5% by weight of a source of supplemental calcium wherein at least 20% of the source of supplemental calcium comprises calcium gluconate; e. about 0.2 to about 1.5 mg/100 kcal of a prebiotic composition comprising a plurality of oligosaccharides such that the overall fermentation rate profile of the prebiotic composition provides an increased population of beneficial bacteria in the human gut, wherein the prebiotic composition comprises polydextrose and at least 20% of an oligosaccharide which comprises galacto-oligosaccharide; and f. a source of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), wherein the amount of TGF-β ranges from about 0.015 to about 0.1 pg/μg.