Gastrointestinal Tolerance of Infant Formula

Gastrointestinal Tolerance of Formula Supplemented With Prebiotics

The study objective is to evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance of infant formula supplemented with prebiotics.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Infant is judged to be in good health.
• Infant is a singleton from a full term birth with a gestational age of 37-42 weeks.
• Infant's birth weight was > 2490 g (~5 lbs 8 oz.).
• Infant is between 0 and 8 days of age at enrollment.
• Parent(s) confirm their intention to feed their infant the study product (formula-fed infants) or human milk (human milk-fed infants) as the sole source of nutrition for the duration of the study.
• Parent(s) confirm their intention not to administer vitamin or mineral supplements, solid foods or juices to their infant from enrollment through the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adverse maternal, fetal or infant medical history that effects tolerance, growth, and/or development.
• Infants using medications, home remedies, herbal preparations, probiotics or rehydration fluids that might affect GI tolerance.
• Mother intends to use a combination of breast and formula feeding.
• Participation in another study that has not been approved as a concomitant study by AN.