The present disclosure relates to nutritional compositions containing a fiber blend that includes soluble fibers that are fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), acacia gum and inulin and also includes insoluble fibers that are outer pea fibers. In an embodiment, the fiber blend includes about 50% soluble fibers and about 50% insoluble fibers, and the soluble fibers are FOS in an amount of about 41% by weight of the soluble fibers, acacia gum in an amount of about 41% by weight of the soluble fibers, and inulin in an amount of about 18% by weight of the soluble fibers. In such an embodiment, the insoluble fibers are outer pea fibers. The present disclosure also relates to methods that include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a fiber blend that includes FOS, acacia gum, inulin and outer pea fibers to a patient after antibiotic treatment.

An infant and/or toddler nutrition comprising non-viable Bifidobacterium breve and a non-digestible oligosaccharide and its use are disclosed.

An infant and/or toddler nutrition comprising non-viable Bifidobacterium breve and a non-digestible oligosaccharide and its use are disclosed.

The subject invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an open matrix network carrying a pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the open matrix network comprises both the polysaccharides levan and inulin.

The invention pertains to the use of a non-digestible oligosaccharide in the manufacture of a composition for providing nutrition to an infant suffering from an increased risk of food allergy, preferably whey protein allergy; and/or reducing the risk of occurrence of or preventing whey protein allergy in an infant suffering from an increased risk of food allergy, particularly whey protein allergy. The infant is preferably at increased risk of trichothecene mycotoxin exposure, for instance by eating a lot of cereals.

The invention pertains to the use of a non-digestible oligosaccharide in the manufacture of a composition for providing nutrition to an infant suffering from an increased risk of food allergy, preferably whey protein allergy; and/or reducing the risk of occurrence of or preventing whey protein allergy in an infant suffering from an increased risk of food allergy, particularly whey protein allergy. The infant is preferably at increased risk of trichothecene mycotoxin exposure, for instance by eating a lot of cereals.

The invention relates to medicine, hepatology and pharmacology and can be used for producing and using a pharmaceutical composition based on a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic for treating and preventing liver diseases which are caused by lipid-cholesterol exchange and selected from the following group: cholelitiasis mainly with cholesterol stones, alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, biliary cirrhosis, cholesterol imbibition gallbladder and drug-induced and toxic liver damage. The pharmaceutical composition is administered by mouth and contains a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic taken, as an active agent, in therapeutically effective doses. The invention contributes to the liver's functional recovery in a short time and prevents disease recidivation owing to the recovery of cholesterol exchange and intestinal biocenosis as a result of the synergistic interaction of a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic, thereby also preventing hepatoprotector side effects.

The invention relates to medicine, hepatology and pharmacology and can be used for producing and using a pharmaceutical composition based on a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic for treating and preventing liver diseases which are caused by lipid-cholesterol exchange and selected from the following group: cholelitiasis mainly with cholesterol stones, alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, biliary cirrhosis, cholesterol imbibition gallbladder and drug-induced and toxic liver damage. The pharmaceutical composition is administered by mouth and contains a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic taken, as an active agent, in therapeutically effective doses. The invention contributes to the liver's functional recovery in a short time and prevents disease recidivation owing to the recovery of cholesterol exchange and intestinal biocenosis as a result of the synergistic interaction of a hepatoprotector and a prebiotic, thereby also preventing hepatoprotector side effects.

An infant and/or toddler nutrition comprising non-viable Bifidobacterium breve and a non-digestible oligosaccharide and its use are disclosed.

An infant and/or toddler nutrition comprising non-viable Bifidobacterium breve and a non-digestible oligosaccharide and its use are disclosed.