Turck, D;
Bresson, J-L;
Burlingame, B;
Dean, T;
Fairweather-Tait, S;
Heinonen, M;
Hirsch-Ernst, KI;
... Martinez, SV; + view all
(2017)
Scientific Opinion on the safety and suitability for use by infants of follow-on formulae with a protein content of at least 1.6 g/100 kcal.
EFSA Journal
, 15
(5)
, Article e04781. 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4781.
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Abstract
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and suitability for use by infants of follow-on formulae (FOF) based on cow’s milk intact protein with a protein content of at least 1.6 g/100 kcal (rounded value) that meet otherwise the requirements of relevant EU legislation. If the formula under evaluation is considered to be safe and suitable for use by infants, the NDA Panel is also asked to advise on whether FOF based on goat’s milk intact protein, soy protein isolates or protein hydrolysates are also safe and suitable for infants under the same conditions. The Panel concludes that the use of FOF with a protein content of at least 1.6 g/100 kcal from either intact cow’s milk protein or intact goat’s milk protein otherwise complying with the requirements of relevant EU legislation is safe and suitable for healthy infants living in Europe with an intake of complementary foods of a sufficient quality. This conclusion does not apply to infant formula (IF). The Panel also concludes that the safety and suitability of FOF with a protein content of at least 1.6 g/100 kcal manufactured from either protein hydrolysates or soy protein isolates cannot be established with the available data. The same conclusion applies to IF. The NDA Panel endorsed a draft of this scientific opinion on 14 December 2016 for public consultation. The draft document has been revised and updated according to the comments received, where appropriate.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Scientific Opinion on the safety and suitability for use by infants of follow-on formulae with a protein content of at least 1.6 g/100 kcal |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4781 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4781 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| Keywords: | protein, infants, follow-on formula, safety, suitability, growth |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088309 |
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