Nutritional composition
Use of a lentil product to increase the bioavailability of non-haem iron in a composition comprising one or more anti-nutritional factors.
1. A composition comprising at least 1.6 mg/100 kcal of non-haem iron, 5 to 30% of wholegrain, and 5 to 70% of a lentil product, the lentil product comprising at least one of yellow lentil or red lentil,
wherein the lentil product increases bioavailability of the non-haem iron in a combination of the non-haem iron and the wholegrain, relative to bioavailability of the non-haem iron in the combination without the lentil product.
2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the non-haem iron is physiologically acceptable iron chelate.
3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the lentil product is in the form of dehulled whole lentils, dehulled crushed lentils, dehulled lentil flour, and combinations thereof.
4. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the wholegrain is selected from the group consisting of wholegrain maize, wheat, rice, oat, corn, barley, rye, semolina and a combination of any of the foregoing.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is formulated as an infant cereal or a nutritional composition for use in a complementary feeding period.
6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises red lentil.
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises yellow lentil.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises both red lentil and yellow lentil.
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the non-haem iron is selected from the group consisting of ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous bisglycinate, and combinations thereof.
10. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising ascorbic acid.
11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product is 8 to 20% of the composition.
12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the wholegrain comprises wheat.
13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is formulated as an infant cereal.
14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the wholegrain comprises wholegrain cereal flour.
15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the wholegrain cereal flour is 10 to 55% of total flour in the infant cereal.
16. The composition of claim 1 further comprising a milk-based ingredient.
17. The composition of claim 16 , wherein the milk-based ingredient is 1 to 25% of the composition.
18. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more other legumes in addition to the lentil product.
19. The composition of claim 18 , wherein the one or more other legumes are to 40% of the composition.