AOAC SPIFAN Stakeholder Program Meeting Book (September 10, 2020)
Background information
Compositionof human milk
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Complex mixture of oligosaccharides
Lactose (68g/L)
• >200 HMO detected and ~160 HMO identified • Quantitative data available for ~30 HMO • Limited number of HMOs available in large scale ¾ 2’-FL; 3-FL; DFL ¾ LNnT; LNT ¾ 3’-SL; 6’-SL • Commercially available Infant formula (IF) fortified with: ¾ 2’-FL & LNnT • No certified reference materials of IF/ADN are available
Protein(10g/L)
Fat(39 g/L)
O S (13 g/L)
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Background information Why quantifying HMO in Infant Formula? • R & D and product development • Confirmation of HMO level for safety trials, stability testing, efficacy trials, regulatory purposes • Quality control purposes to assure labeling compliance
Are there methods available? • Methods developed for (academic) HMO analysis in milk could be applied
• Small number of methods involving IF reported in literature • Methods not aligned as no official method is available
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