The present disclosure relates generally to a composition for feeding an infant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a
nutritional composition for feeding an infant comprising a stem-
cell deficient first component and a second component comprising
breast milk stem cells (BSCs). The second component is added to the first component, and the BSCs partially or fully replenish the stem-
cell deficient first component with respect to BSCs. In some embodiments the first component is stem-
cell deficient
human breast milk and the second component comprises BSCs from the infant's mother's own milk. The compositions of the present disclosure have been developed primarily as a personalized,
nutritional composition providing the beneficial effects of an infant's mother's own BSCs to the infant while not being able to receive the full benefits of being breastfed directly.The present disclosure also relates to a composition for feeding an infant and to processes of their production. In particular, the disclosure relates to a composition for feeding an infant comprising a first and a second component, wherein the first component provides the majority of the nutritional value to said composition, and wherein the second component comprises at least one live bacterium from
human breast milk or the lactating human
mammary gland. The disclosure has been developed primarily as a composition for feeding a mother's own infant, wherein the composition comprises processed
human breast milk with a substantially reduced live bacterial cell count as compared to unprocessed
breast milk but which at least one live bacterium, from the mother's own
breast milk, is added such as to partially or fully replenish the processed
human breast milk with respect to the at least one live bacterium. More particular, the composition is a personalised composition for feeding the mother's own preterm infant.The present invention also related to the combination of BSC and bacterial replenishment as described herein.