NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND INFANT FORMULAS CONTAINING OLIGOFRUCTOSE FOR REDUCING THE LOAD OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN THE GUTS OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN

摘要

The invention relates to a nutrition composition with oligofructose and optionally high sn-2 palmitate for down regulating, decreasing or inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacterial populations in the guts of infants or young children. The infants can be 0-12 months of age and the composition can be an infant formula. Higher dosage of oligofructose intensifies the effect. The composition promotes a healthy intestinal microbiota.