Life Sciences Research Organization Report (LSRO) of 1995 for Term Infant Formula and 2002 for Preterm Infant Formula
The Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO) is an independent non-profit organization that "researches scientific knowledge to provide answers." When the FDA needed answers about nutrients that should be in infant formula, they turned to LSRO.
LSRO provides non biased information to decision makers. Two reports are available on the science behind the nutrients in infant formula.
What is most interesting, is that although there have been gains in what is know about infant nutrition, the last changes in term and preterm formula are 13 and 9 years old respectively.
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LSRO provides non biased information to decision makers. Two reports are available on the science behind the nutrients in infant formula.
- Assessments of Nutrient Requirements for Infant Formula. (1998)- summarizes the science for 37 nutrients. There are 9 nutrients with maximum values to be included in infant formula and 29 with minimum values. Interestingly, the 1998 LSRO report did not recommend very long chain fatty acids to term formula, but as you know they have been added to infant formula, none the less.
- Nutrient Requirements for Preterm Infant Formula. (2002). As a companion to the term formula research, this 2002 report on preterm formula was published. Very long chain fatty acids and nucleotides are addressed as well.
What is most interesting, is that although there have been gains in what is know about infant nutrition, the last changes in term and preterm formula are 13 and 9 years old respectively.
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