Donor Milk: What's in It and What's Not
Open Access
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Human Lactation
- Vol. 17 (2), 152-155
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089033440101700212
Abstract
Breastfeeding and human milk are widely recognized as optimal for human infants. However, if donor milk is used when mother's own milk is not available, some questions arise concerning the effects of storage, handling, and heat processing on the unique components of human milk. Holder pasteurization (62.5°C for 30 minutes) of banked human milk is the method of choice to eliminate potential viral contaminants such as human immunodeficiency virus, human T-lymphoma virus, and cytomegalovirus, as well as tuberculosis and other bacterial contaminants, while maintaining the greatest possible complement of its unique bioactive factors. This article reviews some of the critical components of human milk and what is currently known about the effects of Holder pasteurization on their biological activity.Keywords
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