A human milk powderization system can include a spray drying machine, a receptacle, and a container. The spray drying machine can be configured to receive liquid human milk through an inlet at a rate of about 2 milliliters per millisecond and to spray dry the human milk at a temperature of about 163 to 167 degrees C. to transform the liquid human milk into a powderized human milk product. The receptacle can be coupled to and configured to receive the powderized human milk product from the spray drying machine. The receptacle can be formed from one or more nonreactive materials, such as crystal. The container can be removably coupled to and configured to receive the powderized human milk product from the receptacle. The container can be configured to transport the powderized human milk product away from the system, and can be formed from one or more nonreactive materials, such as aluminum.

Disclosed are thickener compositions composed of xanthan gum and a chelating agent, such as ascorbic acid. The chelating agent is present in an amount with respect to said xanthan such that, when said thickener composition is used to thicken a food product, at least one mineral selected from the group consisting of iron, zinc, and calcium present in said food product is relatively more bioavailable than the mineral would be in the absence of said chelating agent. The thickener composition finds particular applicability for use with baby formulas and breast milk intended for dysphagic infants. Also disclosed are baby formulas and thickened breast milk formulations, methods for preparing same, and methods for providing nutrition.

Disclosed is a method for the manufacture of a spray-dried powder consisting essentially of 3-fucosyllactose, the spray-dried powder, its use for the manufacture of nutritional compositions, and nutritional compositions containing the spray-dried powder.

The disclosure features human milk fortifier compositions, standardized human milk, and methods of making and using same. In one embodiment, a pasteurized human milk composition includes a human protein constituent of about 35-85 mg/mL; a human fat constituent of about 60-110 mg/mL; and a human carbohydrate constituent of about 60-140 mg/mL.

The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient a mixture comprising 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

Disclosed is a method for the manufacture of a spray-dried powder consisting essentially of LNT and/or LNnT, the spray-dried powder, its use for the manufacture of nutritional compositions, and nutritional compositions containing the spray-dried powder.

Gender specific synthetic nutritional compositions for female or male infants of 1 to 2 months of age wherein, the concentration of arginine is adapted based on that found in HM produced for an infant of the same gender and age, and nutritional systems comprising them.

Prebiotic compositions for infants containing medical-grade honey are provided. Methods of supplementing infant milk formula or breast milk with medical-grade honey to enhance growth and improve colonic microbiota are also provided.

The invention relates to a process for the purification of a neutral human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) from a fermentation broth, the process comprising the steps of: (i) separating biomass from the fermentation broth to provide a cmde solution; (ii) treating the crude solution with: (a) a cation-exchange material; (b) an anion-exchange material; and (c) a cation-exchange adsorbent resin; thereby obtaining a purified solution containing the neutral human milk oligosaccharide. Further, the invention relates to a process for fermentatively producing HMO in a fermentation broth and purifying the HMO from the broth.

A liquid treatment device includes a base with a power source, a UV-LED module for providing UV-B or UV-C light to liquid, an LED for providing visible light, and a processor for selectively powering the UV-LED module and the LED, and having a UV transmissive material above the UV-LED module for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted from the base housing, and a liquid storage housing removably coupled to the base housing with a storage portion configured to hold liquid and having a bottom portion comprising a UV transmissive material for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted into the liquid, and an output coupled for restricting outflow of the liquid from the storage portion.