Oligosaccharide mixture and food product comprising this mixture, especially infant formula

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9854826-B2
Application number	US-201113988984-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2011
Priority date	Nov 23, 2010
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The invention discloses an oligosaccharide mixture comprising at least one N-acetyl-lactosamine, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide, and at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide. Food product, especially infant formula, comprising said oligosaccharide mixture.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for reducing the risk of and/or reducing the severity of and/or reducing the occurrence of food allergies and related food allergy effects on health selected from the group consisting of (i) skin effects, atopic dermatitis, rash, and redness; (ii) effects on the immune system and inflammation status; and (iii) effects on the gastro-intestinal system, the method comprising:
administering to an infant or young child in need of same a food product comprising about 0.2 to about 5 grams of an oligosaccharide mixture per liter of the food product, the oligosaccharide mixture consisting of equal parts of lacto-N-neotetraose, 6′-sialyllactose, and 2′-fucosyllactose.

2. A method for reducing the risk of and/or reducing the severity of and/or reducing the occurrence of food allergies and related food allergy effects on health selected from the group consisting of (i) skin effects, atopic dermatitis, rash, and redness; (ii) effects on the immune system and inflammation status; and (iii) effects on the gastro-intestinal system, the method comprising:
administering to an infant or young child in need of same a food product comprising about 0.2 to about 5 grams of an oligosaccharide mixture per liter of the food product, the oligosaccharide mixture consisting of equal parts of lacto-N-neotetraose, 6′-sialyllactose, and 2′-fucosyllactose, as a synthetic nutritional composition.

3. A method for the enhancement of the oral tolerance to allergens, the method comprising:
administering, to an infant or young child who has experienced at least one episode of an allergy selected from the group consisting of a respiratory allergy and a skin allergy, a food product comprising about 0.2 to about 5 grams of an oligosaccharide mixture per liter of the food product, the oligosaccharide mixture consisting of equal parts of lacto-N-neotetraose, 6′-sialyllactose, and 2′-fucosyllactose, as a synthetic nutritional composition.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the food product is a supplement.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the food product comprises Bifidobacterium longum and hydrolyzed proteins.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the food product comprises Bifidobacterium longum and hydrolyzed proteins.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the food product comprises Bifidobacterium longum and hydrolyzed proteins.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the food product comprises a fat source that has a ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids of about 8:1 to 10:1.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein the food product comprises a fat source that has a ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids of about 8:1 to 10:1.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein the food product comprises a fat source that has a ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids of about 8:1 to 10:1.

Assignees

• Sprenger Norbert
• Neeser Jean-Richard
• Nestec Sa

Inventors

• Sprenger Norbert
• Neeser Jean-Richard

Classifications

• A61P37/02

  Immunomodulators · CPC title

• A61P37/00

  Drugs for immunological or allergic disorders · CPC title

• A61P17/00

  Drugs for dermatological disorders · CPC title

• A23L33/21

  Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres · CPC title

• A23L33/40

  Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula · CPC title