I certainly would not.

For one thing, human milk long-chain unsaturated fatty acids (such as  
DHA) are in the sn-2 position. Palmitic acid is a short-chain  
saturated fatty acid and should not be fed in such a high amount to a  
baby and CERTAINLY NOT in the sn-2 position.

For another, triglycerides (TAGs) are neutral (do not dissolve in  
water - think of the oil in oil-and-vinegar salad dressing) and  
require extensive enzymatic processing in the digestive tract (not  
well developed in the infant). They are not well absorbed.

Human milk contains phospholipids, which are polar and are absorbed  
efficiently and without enzyme involvement.

Finally, arachidonic acid is the precursor of pro-inflammatory  
cytokines (among other things), not quite what babies need. The immune  
system in the infant is supposed to work without inflammation.

I wonder what these people means by "9 TAGs ... SIMILAR to those in  
human milk fat." It goes without saying: who funded this work?

Poor formula-fed infants! If mothers only knew what they feed to their  
babies!

Nicole Bernshaw


> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:59:05 -0400
> From:    Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: oh yum....don't you want your baby to drink this??
>
> Dear Lactnet Friends;
>
> J Agric Food Chem. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23597247#>  
> 2013 Apr
> 18. [Epub ahead of print]
> Synthesis of Structured Lipid Enriched with Omega Fatty Acids and sn-2
> Palmitic Acid by Enzymatic Esterification, and Its Incorporation in
> Powdered Infant Formula.
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Akoh%20CC%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23597247 
> >
> .
> Abstract
>
> Structured lipid (SL) enriched with arachidonic (ARA) and  
> docosahexaenoic
> (DHA) acids was produced from tripalmitin using Lipozyme TLIM. The  
> effects
> of acyl donor, that is, free fatty acids vs. fatty acid ethyl esters  
> on the
> reactions were compared. The highest total incorporation of ARA and  
> DHA was
> obtained when the reaction continued for 24 h, at a substrate mole  
> ratio of
> 9, using free fatty acids as acyl donors (acidolysis). The SL  
> prepared by a
> large-scale acidolysis reaction, contained 17.69±0.09% total ARA,
> 10.75±0.15% total DHA, and 48.53±1.40% sn-2 palmitic acid. SL  
> thermograms
> exhibited multiple peaks indicating complexity of the  
> triacylglycerol (TAG)
> distribution. RP-HPLC analysis revealed nine of SL twenty-six TAG  
> molecular
> species that were similar to those of human milk fat.
>
> Powdered infant formulas containing the SL were prepared by
> wet-mixing/spray-drying and dry-blending methods. Formula prepared  
> with
> microencapsulated SL and dry-blending method had better oxidative  
> stability
> and visual quality.
>
> -- 
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
> Author:* Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding  
> Therapy*
> www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
> https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth
>
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