FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to artificial nutritional compositions for infants and young children. Disclosed artificial nutritional composition, adapted to the nutritional needs of a male infant or young child, having 60–85 kcal/100 ml and containing 3.9–6 g/100 ml of lipid and 600–810 mg/100 ml of linoleic acid. Artificial nutritional composition adapted to the nutritional needs of a female infant or young child is also disclosed, having 57–70 kcal/100 ml and containing 3.5–4.5 g/100 ml lipid and 410–580 mg/100 ml linoleic acid. Amounts of all nutrients in the compositions reflect the quantities of nutrients present in the final liquid product to be consumed. Disclosed is a set of artificial nutritional compositions for infants or young children, where a first composition is adapted in a special way to the nutritional needs of a male infant or young child, and a second composition is specifically adapted to the nutritional needs of a female infant or young child.
EFFECT: invention allows to obtain gender-specific compositions for infants or young children, providing balanced growth and prevention of obesity.
19 cl, 8 dwg, 5 ex, 2 tbl
