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Nestlé announces the launch of its science-based growing-up milk solution containing HMOs (Human Milk Oligosaccharides) for early life nutrition in mainland China, under the Wyeth illuma brand.
This follows the recent approval for the use of such bioactives by the country’s National Health Commission. The use of HMOs is propelled by numerous scientific studies that show the importance of these components in gut and immune health as well as cognitive development in infants.
HMOs are the third most abundant solid component in human breast milk, after lactose and lipids. Human breast milk contains three major types of these structurally complex carbohydrates. The illuma product launched this month contains 2’Fucosyllactose (2’FL) and Lacto-N-(neo)tetraose (LNnT), which account for two of the three major types of HMOs. The illuma blend additionally contains healthy lipids and proteins that together with the HMOs, also play a role in gut and immune health and cognitive development.
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