Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2017
Infant milk fat droplet size and coating affect postprandial responses in healthy adult men: a proof-of-concept study.
Trial report in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The Influence of Different Foods and Food Ingredients on Acute Postprandial Triglyceride Response: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- Anthropometry and Body Composition in Childhood: Follow-Up of a Randomised, Double-Blinded Controlled Trial With a Modified, Low-Protein Infant Formula During Infancy.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Formula with large, milk phospholipid-coated lipid droplets in late-moderate preterm infants: a double-blind RCT.Pediatric research · 2025Trial
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- An infant formula with large, milk phospholipid-coated lipid droplets containing a mixture of dairy and vegetable lipids supports adequate growth and is well tolerated in healthy, term infants.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Trial
- Comparing patterns of volatile organic compounds exhaled in breath after consumption of two infant formulae with a different lipid structure: a randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Infant formula containing large, milk phospholipid-coated lipid droplets and dairy lipids affects cognitive performance at school age.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Beyond ingredients: Supramolecular structure of lipid droplets in infant formula affects metabolic and brain function in mouse models.PloS one · 2023Article
- Roles of Milk Fat Globule Membrane on Fat Digestion and Infant Nutrition.Food science of animal resources · 2022Review
- Early Life Exposure to a Diet With a Supramolecular Lipid Structure Close to That of Mammalian Milk Improves Early Life Growth, Skeletal Development, and Later Life Neurocognitive Function in Individually and Socially Housed Male C57BL/6J Mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The effect of dietary lipid quality in early life on serum LysoPC(18:2) levels and their association with adult blood glucose levels in intrauterine growth restricted rats.Nutrition & metabolism · 2021Article
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- Breast Milk: A Source of Functional Compounds with Potential Application in Nutrition and Therapy.Nutrients · 2021Review
- An Observational Cohort Study and Nested Randomized Controlled Trial on Nutrition and Growth Outcomes in Moderate and Late Preterm Infants (FLAMINGO).Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesFat droplets in human milk (HM) are larger and surrounded by a phospholipid membrane compared with infant milk formulas (IMF). Since the physical structure of fat droplets might affect digestion and postprandial metabolism, an IMF was developed more mimicking HM lipid structure than current IMF. SUBJECTS/
methodsA randomised, double-blind, crossover study was performed in 29 fasted healthy men (aged 18-25 years, BMI: 18-25 kg/m
resultsPostprandial triacylglycerol (TAG) concentrations tended to increase faster after intake of Concept IMF (P=0.054), but peaked 3 h after intakes at similar concentrations. ApoB48 increased steadily and peaked 3 h after consumption. Increases in plasma glucose concentrations were comparable, but peak concentrations were reached faster after consumption of Concept IMF (P<0.05). Peak insulin concentrations were higher and reached earlier after intake of Concept IMF, causing a sharper decremental glucose rebound (P<0.05) and an earlier time to nadir in non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations (P<0.01). Changes in plasma amino acids (AA), apoB100 and apoA1 were comparable. The incremental or decremental areas under-the-curve did not differ between Concept and Control IMF. Satiety scores and changes in the satiety hormones ghrelin and peptide YY were comparable, while cholecystokinin responses were earlier and higher after consumption of Control IMF (P<0.05).
conclusionsThis proof-of-concept study suggests that fats and carbohydrates from the Concept IMF with larger and phospholipid-coated fat droplets are more rapidly absorbed than those from the current IMF.
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