抄録
Various improvements have been made to infant formulas until now. Thus, differences in growth and development of breast- and formula-fed infants are rather small. In order to mimic the growth and development of the breast-fed infant, many compounds have been added to formulas. In this paper, new supplements, especially derived from non-animal origin such as plant, to infant formula are reviewed: long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, sn-2 (beta) palmitate, nucleotides, oligosaccharides, and inositol.
