摘要 |
THE INVENTION DISCLOSED HEREIN COMPRISES FAT COMPOSITIONS PRIMARILY FOR USE IN NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE INFANT FORMULAS IN WHICH THE CONSTITUENTS PALMITIC ACID OILS AND OLEIC ACID OIL ARE CORANDOMIZED. THE INVENTION ADDITIONALLY INCLUDES SUCH CORANDOMIZED FAT COMPOSITIONS WITH MEDIUM-CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES ADDED, PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS FOR PRETERM OR LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS. THE CORANDOMIZATION OF THE PALMITIC ACID OIL AND OLEIC ACID OIL YIELDS A MIXTURE OF TRIGLYCERIDES A HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT CHEMICAL MAKEUP THAN THAT OF THE NATIVE OILS THEMSELVES, THAN THE NATIVE OILS WHEN RANDOMIZED INDIVIDUALLY, OR THAN PALMITIC AND LAURIC ACIDS CORANDOMIZED. THE CORANDOMIZATION AFFORDS AN ECONOMICAL MEANS OF PROVIDING A VERY HIGHLY ABSORBED FAT COMPOSITION AND IN PARTICULAR RESULTS IN A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN THE EXCRETION, I.E. NON-ABSORPTION, OF PALMITIC ACID.
|