Development Of Nutrient Enriched Supplementary Foods For Children
The weaning period is the six month of age where solid foods are
introduced and gradually accustomed to the adult solid food, it is the
transition period for infants. Non digestible oligosaccharides in human
milk have been suggested to contribute to the bifidogenicmicrobiota
of breast fed infants.
These oligosaccharides are not digested by human gastrointestinal
enzymes and enter the colon tract where they serve as fermentable
substrates for the colonic microbiota. Several studies have shown that
the addition of a mixture of galacto-oligosaccharides in infant formula
influences the composition of the intestinal microbiota of preterm and
term infants(16-19)
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