Patent ID: 7914822

Claim:
A method of making a pasteurized fortified human milk composition comprising the steps of: (a) collecting a sample of human milk from a donor in a collection device, wherein the collection device comprises a computer chip capable of recording temperature variations and handling conditions of the collection device; (b) storing the sample of human milk obtained from the donor; and (c) processing the sample of human milk obtained from the donor, wherein processing comprises the steps of (i) conducting a nutritional analysis on the sample of human milk; (ii) conducting a first fortification of the sample of human milk with heat-resistant nutrients from human milk; (iii) pasteurizing the sample of first fortified human milk; (iv) conducting a second fortification of the sample of pasteurized first fortified human milk comprising addition of human immunoglobulins and/or human milk cells; and (v) testing the sample of fortified human milk to determine whether the pasteurization was successful, wherein such testing is done after step (c)(iii) or alternatively after step (c)(iv).