Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study.
Infant formula is based on cow's milk and designed to mimic breast milk for substitution. Vitamin B12 (B12) is bound to proteins in both breast milk and cow's milk, and in milk from both species the vitamin occurs mainly in its natural form such as hydroxo-B12 with little or no synthetic B...
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| description | Infant formula is based on cow's milk and designed to mimic breast milk for substitution. Vitamin B12 (B12) is bound to proteins in both breast milk and cow's milk, and in milk from both species the vitamin occurs mainly in its natural form such as hydroxo-B12 with little or no synthetic B12 (cyano-B12). Here we test commercially available infant formulas.Eleven commercially available infant formulas were measured for content of B12 and analyzed for the presence of B12-binding proteins and forms of B12 using size exclusion chromatography and HPLC.All infant formulas contained B12 by and large in accord with the informations given on the package inserts. None of the formulas contained protein-bound B12, and cyano-B12 accounted for 19-78% of the total amount of B12 present, while hydroxo-B12 constituted more or less the rest.This pilot study shows that infant formula differs from breast milk in providing the infant with free B12, rather than protein-bound B12, and by a relative high content of cyano-B12. The consequence of supplying the infant with synthetic cyano-B12 remains to be elucidated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d99184540524c9fae00bc1c9a040a792022-12-22T01:50:10ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-011111e016545810.1371/journal.pone.0165458Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study.Eva GreibeEbba NexoInfant formula is based on cow's milk and designed to mimic breast milk for substitution. Vitamin B12 (B12) is bound to proteins in both breast milk and cow's milk, and in milk from both species the vitamin occurs mainly in its natural form such as hydroxo-B12 with little or no synthetic B12 (cyano-B12). Here we test commercially available infant formulas.Eleven commercially available infant formulas were measured for content of B12 and analyzed for the presence of B12-binding proteins and forms of B12 using size exclusion chromatography and HPLC.All infant formulas contained B12 by and large in accord with the informations given on the package inserts. None of the formulas contained protein-bound B12, and cyano-B12 accounted for 19-78% of the total amount of B12 present, while hydroxo-B12 constituted more or less the rest.This pilot study shows that infant formula differs from breast milk in providing the infant with free B12, rather than protein-bound B12, and by a relative high content of cyano-B12. The consequence of supplying the infant with synthetic cyano-B12 remains to be elucidated.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5112923?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Eva Greibe Ebba Nexo Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. |
| title_full | Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. |
| title_fullStr | Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. |
| title_short | Forms and Amounts of Vitamin B12 in Infant Formula: A Pilot Study. |
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