Oddly enough, these 2 articles showed up in my Google News Alert on the same day.  They both deal with "prebiotics", the first article educates about them, the second article is a press release announcing a new formula in Indonesia, whose marketing angle is that it contains patented prebiotics.  (coincidence, or not?)

Best be prepared and educated, this sounds like the new DHA.

Janice Reynolds



NUTRITION FROM THE LAB: To your health: Probiotics and prebiotics
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/living/food/14757486.htm

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Breast-fed infants carry bifidobacteria as their predominant colon bacteria. Their dominance is maintained in part by a prebiotic (long-chain galactose) present in breast milk. Infants exclusively breast-fed may be protected from rotavirus infection because of the dominance of bifidobacteria (estimated at 10 times greater than in formula-fed infants).

News Release » Nutricia Launches Nutrilon Royal 3 Ready ...
Antara - Antara,Indonesia
... milk formula that contains patented prebiotics FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides) and GOS (galacto-oligosaccharides) in the right ratio as found in breast milk. ...
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=13893
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