Dive Summary:
- Arla Foods Ingredients is bringing infant formula "its biggest innovation push in years" with the launch of a new formula ingredient that mimics the changing nutritional profile of breast milk during lactation.
- The Denmark-based company's new "Staging" concept takes into account the "static" diet usually given to formula-fed babies during their first six months, and will utilize blends of specialized milk proteins to help manufacturers more closely replicate the nutritional profile of breast milk.
- The new concept will be launched at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
From the article:
... Built around Arla Foods Ingredients' Lacprodan portfolio of protein ingredients, Staging is an improved approach to infant formula designed to reflect the fact that the composition of breast milk changes significantly during lactation. ...