Feeding Tolerance and Gut Maturation of Infants Consuming a Formula Rich in Glycoprotein

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Evidence of personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the infant's parent(s)/ legally accepted representatives LAR have been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
• •2. Infants whose parent(s)/LAR have reached the legal age of majority in the countries where the study is conducted.
• •3. Infants whose parent(s)/LAR are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, and the requirements of the study protocol.
• •4. Infants whose parent(s)/LAR can be contacted directly by telephone throughout the study.
• •5. Infants whose parent(s)/LAR have a working freezer.
• •* Healthy term infant (37-42 weeks of gestation).
• •* At enrolment visit, post-natal age 3-28 days (date of birth = day 0)
• •* Birth weight ≥ 2500g and ≤ 4500g.
• •* Formula-fed infants only: Infants must predominantly consume and tolerate a standard cow's milk infant formula prior to enrolment and their parent(s)/LAR must have independently elected, before enrolment, not to exclusively breastfeed. Predominantly formula feeding means that the infant's predominant source of nourishment has been formula. Specifically, infants are fed with formula for at least 75% of total milk feeds per day.
• •* Breastfed infants only: Infants must have been predominantly breastfed since birth, and their parent(s)/LAR must have made the decision to continue predominant breastfeeding for the duration of the study. Predominant breastfeeding allows infants to be mix fed with breastmilk and other milks. It means that the infant's predominant source of nourishment has been breastmilk. Specifically, infants are fed with breast milk for at least 75% of total milk feeds per day.