Effects of lipids from multiple sources on glyceride composition, concentration, and structure of infant formulas benchmarked to human milk.

ABSTRACT: The important parameters affecting the nutritional properties of lipids were analyzed and compared between human milk (HM), infant formulas (IFs), mammalian milk, and substitute fat, including molecular species, fatty acid composition, glyceride content, and important structural triacylglycerols (TAGs). The molecular species of triacylglycerols with functional fatty acids were significantly different between HM and IFs, and their contents in HM were significantly higher than those in IFs. Accordingly, the evaluation scores of fatty acid composition and glyceride content in IFs were less than 50 compared to HM. Although the introduction of vegetable oils effectively improved the unsaturation of IF lipid, the excessive addition of TAGs rich in oleic and linoleic acid resulted in an imbalance

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature