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Cereal-based infant nutrition with fibre

a cereal-based, infant-based technology, applied in the field of cereal-based infant nutrition, can solve problems such as unsatisfactory products, achieve the effects of reducing undesirable texturising effects, and reducing product-technological properties

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-10-17
STAHL BERND +2
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The present nutritional composition is designed for infants during the transition phase by combining a cereal component with intermediate amounts of fibers and uronic acid carbohydrates. This combination has been found to provide the benefits of both breast milk and adult diet fibers, including anti-pathogenic and blood glucose and satiety regulating effects. The use of an intermediate degree of polymerization (DP) uronic acid carbohydrate also helps to prevent viscosity increase in cereal products. Additionally, the nutritional composition helps to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort and provides the benefits of fibers without attenuating blood glucose levels.

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Solid food is still inappropriate for infants changing from breast milk or infant (liquid) formula, because of the infant's lack of teeth and its poor swallowing reflex.
This is of utmost importance because these products usually already have a high viscosity and a further increase could result in an undesirable product.

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Cereal Milk for Infants

[0076]A dry composition comprising skimmed milk powder, demineralised whey powder, vegetable fat, rice flour and ground corn, glucose, fructose, maltodextrin, fibre mixture, others (minerals, trace elements, vitamins flavours).

[0077]The composition comprises 67.9 g digestible carbohydrates per 100 g:[0078]13.5 g glucose[0079]4.7 g fructose[0080]21.4 g lactose[0081]0.5 g digestible polysaccharides (maltodextrin)[0082]27.6 g starch

[0083]The composition comprises 2.2 g of the dietary fibre mixture per 100 g:[0084]2.1 wt. % medium chain pectin (from Ultra low viscosity pectin, Obipektin AG)[0085]47.9 wt. % inulin (from Raftiline ST, Orafti)[0086]8.1 wt. % resistant starch (from HI Maize 1043, National Starch)[0087]41.9 wt. % Oat Fibre (Vitacel Haferfaser HF 600-30, JRS)

[0088]Additionally the composition comprises 1.1 g fibre present in the cereal component. 26 g of the powder is reconstituted with 75 ml water, yielding about 100 ml. The viscosity at 20° C. and at ...

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[0089]10 healthy adult volunteers consumed, in a cross over design, the cereal composition of example 1, reconstituted with water, comprising 25 g available, digestible carbohydrate and 1.2 g fibre (0.87 g deriving from the fibre mixture, 0.435 g fibre deriving from the cereal component) or a similar cereal composition but without the fibre mixture, reconstituted with water, comprising 25 g available, digestible carbohydrate and 0.435 g fibre deriving from the cereal. As a control 25 g glucose was consumed by the volunteers on a different day. Consumption of cereals or glucose occurred in the morning after overnight fasting. Blood glucose levels were determined at 5 minutes before consumption, at t=0, t=15, t=30, t=45, t=60, t=90 and t=120 min. Results are shown in FIG. 1 and table 1.

TABLE 1Average Incremental Area under the curve (IAUC) of BloodGlucose after Consumption of Glucose, Cereals with a FibreMixture or Cereals without Fibre Mixture.IAUC TestIAUC 25 gproductGlucoseGlucosem...

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Abstract

Cereal-based semi-liquid and / or semi-solid compositions suitable for supporting the transition period wherein the infant changes from a diet consisting of breast milk or liquid infant formula to solid adult foods, comprising uronic acid carbohydrates with a degree of polymerisation (DP) between 10 and 300 and also uses thereof are disclosed.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the field of spoonable cereal-based infant nutrition.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Fibres are of significant importance for a healthy nutrition. Some fibres have been described to improve bowel habit, intestinal flora, and gut barrier and prevent diarrhoea or intestinal infections. Furthermore, oral intake of fibres increases satiety and blunts blood glucose fluctuations.[0003]Infants exclusively receiving breast milk consume fibres in the form of soluble, non-digestible oligosaccharides. Breast milk comprises, on average, about 10 g neutral oligosaccharides per litre and 1 g acidic oligosaccharides per litre.[0004]The adult diet includes a mixture of fibres, comprising soluble non-starch polysaccharides (including uronic acid carbohydrates), insoluble non-starch polysaccharides, non-digestible oligosaccharides, and resistant starch. The recommended fibre intake for an adult is about 30 g per day.[0005]Upon the transiti...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A23L1/29A23L29/231A23L33/00
CPCA23L1/296A23V2002/00A23V2250/5116A23L7/198A23L33/40A23L33/21A61P1/12A61P25/20A61P3/10A61P3/04A23V2200/328A23V2250/061A23V2250/606A23V2250/612A23V2250/5118A23V2250/5072A23V2250/5062A23V2200/32A23V2250/5114
Inventor STAHL, BERNDALLES, MARTINE SANDRABORGMANN, BRIGITTE ANTONIA MARIA
Owner STAHL BERND
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