Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a health benefit to an animal utilizing ferulic acid and histidine. For example, a composition can contain ferulic acid and histidine in therapeutically effective amounts for providing the health benefit to the animal.

Abstract: A method for reducing postprandial glucose from a balanced meal includes orally administering to an individual a composition containing mulberry extract together with the meal. The postprandial glucose is reduced relative to postprandial glucose from administering a corresponding composition comprising mulberry extract before subsequent administration of the balanced meal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 3-hydroxybutyric acid for use in improving gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the present invention relates to improving the gastrointestinal barrier in an individual, preferably in an infant or a child.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digestible carbohydrate composition comprising at least 65% (w/w) glucose-based saccharides on a dry basis, wherein said saccharides have a reducing end and D-glucose monomers linked with alternating ?1-6 and ?1-3 glycosidic linkages, wherein a maltose unit is present at the reducing end; and 0.1 to 30% (w/w) of fructose equivalents on a dry basis; wherein said glucose-based saccharides have an average degree of polymerization greater than 12.

Abstract: A method for reducing postprandial glucose from a meal includes orally administering to an individual a composition containing whey protein micelles (WPM) and then subsequently orally administering the meal to the individual after the oral administration of the composition containing the WPM and within about one hour of the oral administration of the composition containing the WPM. For example, the meal can be administered about thirty minutes after the administration of the composition containing the WPM. The postprandial glucose is reduced relative to postprandial glucose from administering a corresponding composition comprising whey protein isolate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising metabolites of HMOs to improve the gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising metabolites of HMOs for infants with impaired microbiota since their microbiota may not be able to metabolize HMOs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 2?-Fucosyllactose (2?FL) for use in improving the gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the present invention relates to improving gastrointestinal barrier in an infant, a young child or children aged above 3 years to 8 years.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a health benefit to an animal utilizing ferulic acid and histidine. For example, a composition can contain ferulic acid and histidine in therapeutically effective amounts for providing the health benefit to the animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nutritional compositions comprising 2?-Fucosyllactose (2?FL), Di-fucosyllactose (Di-FL), Lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), 3?-Sialyllactose (3?SL) and 6?-Sialyllactose (6?SL) for use in improving gastrointestinal barrier. In particular, the present invention relates to improving the gastrointestinal barrier in an infant, a young child or children aged above 3 years to 8 years.