Patent ID: 8076313

Claim:
A method for providing nutrition to an infant comprising administering a nutritional composition to the infant, said composition having a caloric density of 50 to 200 kcal/100 ml and comprising: (i) protein, wherein 5 to 16% of the total energy of the composition is derived from the protein, (ii) fat, wherein 35 to 60% of the total energy of the composition is derived from the fat; (iii) carbohydrates, wherein 25 to 75% of the total energy of the composition is derived from the carbohydrates, a) 0.1 to 15 gram indigestible, fermentable, partially hydrolysed gum having a degree of polymerisation (DP) between 10 and 300 per 100 gram dry weight of the composition; and b) 0.1 to 15 gram indigestible, fermentable, soluble polysaccharide having a DP between 10 and 300 per 100 gram dry weight of the composition other than partially hydrolysed gum, wherein the weight ratio a):b) is between 19:1 and 1:19.