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Preterm infants may derive more nutritional and immunological benefits from human donor milk processed by high pressure, a non-thermal treatment, versus conventional thermal pasteurization.
Why? High pressure processing minimally alters the protein profile of raw milk compared to thermal pasteurization and upon digestion, several important milk components better survive digestion intact and may continue to exert biological activity. And this is good news for preterm infants who rely on donor milk for growth and development.
These promising findings were recently published in the journal Food Chemistry (‘Comparative proteomic analysis of donor human milk treated by high-pressure processing or Holder pasteurization on undigested proteins across dynamic simulated preterm infant digestion’).
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First study author Dr. Michael Pitino conducted the investigation with support from a Trainee Bridge Fund grant via the TEP scholarship initiative of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation and FLRF.
Curious about Trainee Bridge Fund and Trainee Travel Fund grants? Visit the TEP grants website here: www.tepgrants.org