Bread infant feeding

The composition of whey and whey products is presented in Table 10.36. Whey and whey products are used in animal feed, dietetic foods (infant food), bread, confectionery, candies, and beverages. 

There has also been a great amount of discussion relative to providing iron-fortified milk formulas for infants. However, these formulas may be too expensive for low-income families. Also, pediatricians and nutritionists usually advise parents to start feeding meats, cereals, and other iron containing foods to infants by the time they are 3 months of age (when the iron stores from birth may be depleted). Like the iron used to enrich flour and bread, the iron used to fortify cereals htis a low bioavailability. Meats provide the most available form of iron, but their cost sometimes limits their use. Perhaps some of the newly engineered foods, like textured vegetable protein, will provide suitable vehicles for iron fortification. 

In the third world, poverty is another major factor, often resulting in over-dilution of feeds and unhygienic preparation. There is a great risk of endemic disease due to a lack of clean water and hygiene, inadequate health schemes, poor nutrition and ignorance, which act together to perpetuate the vicious circle of disease and death . Malnutrition and diarrhoea due to bottle feeding with inadequate and inappropriate solids are common. In some countries 40% of the population live below the bread line , in which case artificial feeds for an infant may cost between a quarter and a third of the prescribed... 

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