Temporally Meal Menu For Infants

Abstract

The invention concerns a kit of parts and a method for providing nutrition which provides within a time period of 5 to 10 days a nutritional composition comprising 0.35 to 6 mg iron per 100 g, a nutritional composition comprising 1 to 10 g fibre per 100 g and a nutritional composition comprising 10 to 5000 mg long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids per 100 g to an infant.

1 : A Kit of parts comprising 3 to 14 packaged nutritional compositions for infants and including individually packaged nutritional compositions a.), b.), and c.), which comprise at least 1.5 g protein per 100 g, at least 5 g digestible carbohydrates per 100 g, at least 1.5 g fat per 100 g, and providing between 50 and 300 kcal per serving, wherein
 nutritional composition a.) comprises 0.35 to 6 mg iron per 100 g and comprises meat from a mammal,   nutritional composition b.) comprises 1.0 to 10 g dietary fibre per 100 g; and,   nutritional composition c.) comprises 10 to 5000 mg long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids per 100 g and comprises fish.   
   
   
       2 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1 , further comprising individually packaged nutritional composition d.), containing at least 1.5 g protein per 100 g, at least 5 g digestible carbohydrates per 100 g, at least 1.5 g fat per 100 g and 0.15 to 4 mg zinc per 100 g, and providing between 50 and 300 kcal per serving. 
   
   
       3 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1 , wherein the kit of parts consists of 3 to 14 packaged nutritional compositions. 
   
   
       4 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1 , comprising between 4 and 11 packaged compositions, consisting of
 2 to 4 nutritional compositions a.;   1 or 2 nutritional compositions b.;   1 or 2 nutritional compositions c.;   0 to 3 nutritional compositions d.   
   
   
       5 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein nutritional composition b.) comprises at least one fibre selected from the group consisting of polyfructose, fructo-oligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, partially hydrolysed galactomannan acidic oligosaccharides and indigestible polydextrin. 
   
   
       6 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1 , wherein the nutritional compositions a., b., c., and optionally d., have a calorie density between 40 and 100 kcal per 100 gram. 
   
   
       7 : The kit of parts according to  claim 1  for use in a method for providing nutrition to a human infant. 
   
   
       8 : Use of:
 a nutritional composition a.) comprising 0.35 to 6 mg iron per 100 g and comprising meat from a mammal;   a nutritional composition b.) comprising 1.0 to 10 g fibre per 100 g; and   a nutritional composition c.) comprising 10 to 5000 mg long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids per 100 g and comprising fish;   wherein compositions a., b. and c. are individually packed, comprise at least 1.5 g protein per 100 g, at least 5 g digestible carbohydrates per 100 g, at least 1.5 g fat per 100 g and, and provide between 50 and 300 kcal per serving,   for the manufacture of a kit of parts for providing nutrition to a human infant comprising administering composition a., b., and c. to said human infant within a time period of 5 to 10 days.   
   
   
       9 : The use according to  claim 8 , further comprising administering, within the time period, individually packed nutritional composition d.) comprising at least 1.5 g protein per 100 g, at least 5 g digestible carbohydrates per 100 g, at least 1.5 g fat per 100 g, and 0.15 to 4 mg zinc per 100 g and providing between 50 and 300 kcal per serving. 
   
   
       10 : The use according to  claim 8 , wherein compositions a., b. c. and optionally d. are administered to the infant on separate days. 
   
   
       11 : The use according to any one of  claim 8  comprising administering to the human infant with the time period: 2 to 4 times nutritional composition a.), 1 to 2 times nutritional composition b.), 1 or 2 times nutritional composition c.), and 0 to 3 times nutritional composition d.). 
   
   
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