Abstract
The influence on the calcium and phosphorus levels of healthy newborn infants of feeding various commonly used milk mixtures has been investigated in 198 healthy term infants. Plasma calcium and phosphorus levels were estimated on the sixth day of life and comparisons were made between infants fed with full-cream and half-cream " unadapted " milks (evaporated and dried), " adapted " milks (' SMA' and ' S26') with breast-fed infants as controls. In breast-fed babies phosphorus levels were lower and calcium levels higher than in babies fed on unadapted cow's milk mixtures. With adapted milks both levels were closer to the values found in breast-fed infants. It is recommended that adjustment, during manufacture, of the phosphorus content of cow's milk products for infants to a value close to that of human milk be considered.
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