... amounts of most nutrients for premature infants and must therefore be supplemented (fortified) with nutrients. Commercially available fortifiers provide energy and most nutrients in adequate amounts. The exception is protein, which is present in expressed milk in highly variable amounts and which...

... Austria and to elucidate to what extent added nutrients contribute to the daily nutrientintake. Methods: The amount of fortification was observed by inspections of supermarketsand retail outlets over a period of 4 months. The intake and contribution to the daily nutrientintake of fortified nutrients...

... Abstract Providing a human milk fortifier once the preterm infant has started to suckle at the breast can be challenging for the mother and might shorten duration of the breastfeeding period. Fortification is recommended up to term for the normal-growing infant and up to 3 months in growth...

... Abstract For preterm and small-for-gestational age infants on enteral nutrition, the best solution is to add human milk fortifier (HMF) to human milk (HM) which is provided by the mother or a milk bank. HMF provides a means to add additional protein, energy, and micronutrients, while...

... are addressed. Fortified foods should be consumed regularly and need to be affordable, safe, and meet consumer preferences. Two types of fortified food groups will illustrate this form of fortification, namely targeted fortification with complementary feeding (or fortified infant cereals), and market-driven...

... Abstract Human milk is the feed of choice for preterm infants. However, human milk does not provide enough nutrition, especially protein, for preterm infants to achieve target growth rates similar to those in utero (15-20 g/kg per day). Fortifiers for human milk, manufactured from bovine milk...

... who have birth weights <10th percentile of weight and receive fortified breast milk, (b) infants from developing countries who are breastfed according to the present recommendations but have low birth weight and length, and (c) children from developed countries who were enrolled in randomized...

... Abstract Mother’s own milk is universally recognized as the optimal source of nutrition for preterm infants, although most authorities agree a multi-nutrient fortifier must be added in order to support nutrient accretion at a rate comparable to in utero. Nevertheless, many preterm infants face...

... dietary adequacy. In this review, the potentialbenefits and safety of using fortified manufactured baby foods versus traditional foodsalone are evaluated based on evidence from food composition data, diet modeling andintervention studies. Results from the food composition data and diet modeling...

... around our iron-fortified bouillon in Nigeria and Kenya. Reformulation and innovation do not come without challenges. We must consider the functionality of nutrients in the product, regulatory limitations, and consumer demand. The call for sustainable diets is clear and to make the dietary shift happen...

... with regard to safety and nutrient screening have been published. HM should be fortified with protein, energy, and micronutrients which are provided by commercially available multinutrient HM fortifiers. Due to the fear of contamination of powdered products with Cronobacter sakazakii , liquid fortifiers...

... the infant at risk of neurodevelopmental impairments. Human milk, the preferred feeding for premature infants because of its protective effects, does not provide adequate amounts of nutrients and must be fortified. On the basis of studies performed several decades ago using very high protein intakes...

... infection, respectively, which is complemented by the use of pasteurized donor milk. If human milk fortifiers are not available, calcium and phosphate should be added, and high total daily feed volumes should be strived for, e.g. by frequent feedings. With restricted resources, human milk fortifiers...

... children but there is a risk of adverse effects in those who are iron replete. In populations with a low prevalence of iron deficiency, general supplementation should therefore be avoided. Iron-fortified foods can still be generally recommended since they seem to be safer than medicinal iron supplements...

... outcomes [ 21 - 24 ]. Few studies reported that improvement of nutritional care – including improved HM fortification – was able to reduce postnatal growth deficit [ 25 , 26 ]. Standardized HM fortification based on multicomponent fortifiers (MCFs) today is the standard of care and has been shown...

... adopted various innovative, cost-effective strategies to fortify cerealbasedcomplementary foods and to reach children through public programs. This articlereviews cereal fortification programs in developing countries, with special reference tolow cost fortified complementary foods, and emphasizes the need...

... Abstract Human milk fortification in preterm babies has become a standard of care in developed countries. Use of human milk fortifier (HMF) in very-low-birthweight infants is not a routine practice in India. There are concerns about high osmolality, feed intolerance, necrotizing enterocolitis...

.... Pediatrics 1999;103:434-439. 5. Schanler RJ, Shulman RJ, Lau C, Smith EO: Feeding strategies for premature infants: beneficial outcomes of feeding fortified human milk versus preterm formula. Pediatrics 1999;103:1150-1157. 6. Furman L, Taylor G, Minich N, Hack M: The effect of maternal milk...

.... Breastfeeding is strongly recommended, and for preterm infants the European Society for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) suggests fortifying breastmilk after discharge up to term in appropriate growing infants and up to 3 months in growth-retarded infants. If breastfeeding is not possible...