An oral composition comprising at least one probiotic bacteria selected from the genera: Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Bacillus and ferric pyrophosphate.

Disclosed herein is a process for producing a postbiotic extract, which includes providing a first material having a first isoelectric point ranging from pH 1 to pH 6 and a second material having a second isoelectric point ranging from pH 4 to pH 8, admixing the first material and a probiotic microorganism with water having a pH greater than the second isoelectric point, so as to form a mixture, adding the second material into the mixture and then adjusting a pH of the second material-added mixture to between the first and second isoelectric points so that a precipitate is formed, and subjecting the precipitate to a cell wall isolation treatment to obtain the postbiotic extract. Use of the postbiotic extract is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for producing fermented milk products with increased amount of probiotic bacteria. In particular, the invention relates to a process for producing a fermented milk which comprises adding to a milk base (i) a starter culture comprising at least one lactose-deficient Streptococcus thermophilus strain, which is capable of metabolizing a non-lactose carbohydrate, and at least one lactose-deficient Lactobacillus strain, which is capable of metabolizing a non-lactose carbohydrate, (ii) one or more non-lactose carbohydrate capable of being metabolized by the lactic acid bacteria, in an amount measured so as to become depleted when the pH of the fermented milk product is between 4.9 and 5.5 and (iii) a probiotic strain selected from a Lactobacillus strain and a Bifidobacterium strain. In addition, the present invention relates to compositions and to fermented milk food or feed products produced by the process of the invention.

The present invention relates generally to the field of compositions comprising myo-inositol for use in the prevention of a preterm-onset pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) and disorders and/or conditions linked thereto. The composition may be a nutritional composition, for example a maternal nutrition composition. The composition may be specifically designed to provide optimized nutrition to a woman desiring to get pregnant or to a pregnant woman.

The present invention relates generally to the field of compositions comprising myo-inositol for use in the prevention of a preterm-onset pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) and disorders and/or conditions linked thereto. The composition may be a nutritional composition, for example a maternal nutrition composition. The composition may be specifically designed to provide optimized nutrition to a woman desiring to get pregnant or to a pregnant woman.

The present invention relates generally to the field of compositions comprising myo-inositol for use in the prevention of preterm birth and/or of conditions linked to preterm delivery in a female subject and/or in the offspring. The composition may be a nutritional composition, for example a maternal nutrition composition. The composition may be specifically designed to provide optimized nutrition to a woman desiring to get pregnant or to a pregnant woman.

The present invention relates generally to the field of compositions comprising myo-inositol for use in the prevention of preterm birth and/or of conditions linked to preterm delivery in a female subject and/or in the offspring. The composition may be a nutritional composition, for example a maternal nutrition composition. The composition may be specifically designed to provide optimized nutrition to a woman desiring to get pregnant or to a pregnant woman.

Disclosed herein is a process for producing a postbiotic extract, which includes providing a first material having a first isoelectric point ranging from pH 1 to pH 6 and a second material having a second isoelectric point ranging from pH 4 to pH 8, admixing the first material and a probiotic microorganism with water having a pH greater than the second isoelectric point, so as to form a mixture, adding the second material into the mixture and then adjusting a pH of the second material-added mixture to between the first and second isoelectric points so that a precipitate is formed, and subjecting the precipitate to a cell wall isolation treatment to obtain the postbiotic extract. Use of the postbiotic extract is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a composition comprising an oligosaccharide mixture, said oligosaccharide mixture comprising from 40 to 80 wt % of fucosylated oligosaccharide(s), from 10 to 50 wt % of N-acetylated oligosaccharide(s), from 5 to 40 wt % of sialylated oligosaccharide(s) and from 0 to 20 wt % of precursor(s) of human milk oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or in treating necrotizing enterocolitis in infants and young children.

This invention relates to the use of a bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium, particularly, but not exclusively, a bacterium of the Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis strain 420 (B420) for use in reducing food, energy and/or fat intake.