Spray-Dried Tetrasaccharides
Disclosed is a method for the manufacture of a spray-dried powder consisting essentially of LNT and/or LNnT, the spray-dried powder, its use for the manufacture of nutritional compositions, and nutritional compositions containing the spray-dried powder.
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12 . A nutritional composition comprising a spray-dried powder, wherein the spray-dried powder consists essentially of LNT and/or LNnT which has been produced by microbial fermentation.
13 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , further comprising at least one additional HMO, wherein said at least one additional HMO is at least one neutral HMO and/or at least one sialylated HMO.
14 . The nutritional composition according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one neutral HMO is selected from 2′-fucosyllactose, 3-fucosyllactose, lacto-N-tetraose, lacto-N-neotetraose, and lacto-N-fucopentaose I.
15 . The nutritional composition according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one sialylated HMO is selected from 3′ sialyllactose, 6′-sialyllactose, sialyllacto-N-tetraose (LST)-a, LST-b, LST-c, and disialyllacto-N-tetraose.
16 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the nutritional composition comprises at least one probiotic microorganism.
17 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the spray-dried powder comprises at least 80%-wt. LNT and/or LNnT.
18 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the LNT and/or LNnT is present in amorphous form.
19 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the spray-dried powder contains ≤15%-wt. of water.
20 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the spray-dried powder is free of genetically-engineered microorganisms and nucleic acid molecules derived from genetically-engineered microorganisms.
21 . The nutritional composition according to claim 12 , wherein the nutritional composition is an infant formula.