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Dietary fibre and prebiotics in infant formulas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Jacques Ghisolfi
Jacques Ghisolfi*
Affiliation:
Gastro-Enterologie–Nutrition, Hôpital des Enfants, 330 avenue de Grande-Bretagne, BP 3119, 31026, Toulouse Cedex 3, France
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Corresponding author: Professor Jacques Ghisolfi, fax +33 5 61 77 75 58, [email protected]
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Abstract

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Prebiotics have the potential to promote immediate and long-term effects on the health and well-being of infants. They have been added to infant formulas in Japan for 20 years and have only recently been used in Europe. The objective is to change the intestinal microflora in order to mimic the bacteriological effect and, thus, the functional effects of human milk. There is, however, a potential risk of long-term effects of the use of these infant formulas. The consequences of using prebiotics in infants, during the first months of life, on the composition and development of the intestinal microflora, and on the resulting bacterial–bacterial and bacterial–host interactions are not known. Attempts have been made to improve infant and follow-on formulas by prebiotic supplementation, but intervention studies are needed to evaluate their immediate and long-term beneficial effects and demonstrate the absence of harmful consequences from their use.

Keywords

PrebioticsInfant feedingDietary fibre
Type
Session: Nutrients contributing to the fibre effect
Information
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 183 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

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