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1. A nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants/small children, comprising at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and at least one protein containing meal component, characterized in that said at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and said at least one protein containing meal component have been separately heat-treated under optimized conditions such that;
a) starch in said carbohydrate containing meal component is fully gelatinized and enzyme inhibitors are sufficiently inactivated to not being able to reduce protein digestion and absorption, or otherwise introduce damage to the intestinal tract. b) CML levels are kept lower than 72 mg/kg protein, preferably from 25 to 65 mg/kg protein as measured using ELISA methodology. c) the product of GI and II (GI×II) does not exceed 10000, preferably remain below 8000, most desirable below 4000. d) II is not more than 100% above the GI, preferably below 60%, most desirable below 50%. |
