Patent ID: 8278046

Claim:
A method for processing a donated human breast milk obtained from a specific subject comprising: (a) testing a donated biological sample from the specific subject to obtain at least one reference identity marker profile for at least one marker; (b) testing a sample of the donated human breast milk to obtain at least one identity marker profile for the at least one marker in step (a); (c) comparing the identity marker profiles of steps (a) and (b), wherein a match between the identity marker profiles indicates that the donated human breast milk was obtained from the specific subject; (d) processing the donated human breast milk whose identity marker profile has been matched with a reference identity marker profile, wherein the processing comprises: (i) filtering the donated human breast milk; (ii) heat treating the donated human breast milk; (iii) separating the donated human breast milk into cream and skim; (iv) adding a portion of the cream to the skim to form a human milk composition; and (v) pasteurizing the human milk composition to produce a processed human breast milk composition.