Abstract:

Human milk is the most natural, safe and ideal food for infants, as well as the best source of infant nutrition.
More studies were focused on the composition of human milk fat in recent years. People are not only concerned about the
functions of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, but also come to realize the special composition of human milk fat,
especially the significant effect of human milk triglyceride structure on infant’s digestion and absorption. In this paper, we
summarize the fat composition features of human milk and infant formulas and give some recommendations which might
lead to improvement in infant formula processing to enhance nutritional levels.

Key words: human milk, infant formulas, milk fat, triglyceride, sn-2 fatty acid