COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING NUTRIENTS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A23L1/30 A23L1/305 A61K31/195 A61K31/20 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to compositions and methods of delivering water-soluble and lipid-soluble nutrients. A liquid nutritional composition contains an emulsion which contains docosahexaenoic acid, where the emulsion is dispersed in an aqueous component containing at least one of amino acid components selected from a group consisting of: arginine, arginyl-glutamine and alanyl-glutamine; and a protein surfactant containing at least about 90 wt % α-lactalbumin. The α-lactalbumin is present in an amount between about 0.1% and about 1.0% of the nutritional composition. Disclosed is a method for supplemental feeding of a subject, which includes administering said liquid nutritional composition to the subject. The subject can be a premature infant.

EFFECT: invention enables to prevent or correct nutritional deficiency in subjects in need of low-volume supplemental feeding, such as premature infants.

20 cl, 1 dwg, 3 tbl