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Soybeans and soy products in the feeding of children
Author(s) -
Torún B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02582403
Subject(s) - hypoallergenic , food science , soy protein , protein quality , vegetable proteins , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , allergy , biology , allergen , immunology
Soya products are used in infant formulas, hypoallergenic foods and vegetable mixtures mainly because of their good protein quality. They have good potential in feeding children from birth to adolescence and seem to satisfy the needs for total nitrogen and essential amino acids when ingested in adequate amounts. Other factors, however, must be considered for their use. The availability of calcium and phosphorous from soy formulas may be inadequate to support for any length of time the rapid bone mineralization of growing premature infants and should thus be fed to such infants only for a few weeks as therapeutic agents rather than as routine feeding formulas. Allergy to soya exists and may be serious, especially among infants with severe allergy to cow's milk. Industrial processing may affect the quality of soya protein and it can produce allergenic substances in some protein foods. Thus, it may be necessary to evaluate the overall nutritional quality of new soya products before recommending their use. The effect of methionine supplementation on soya protein quality is not clear but it may be advisable in infant formulas. Soybean protein has great advantages when it is part of a food or a food system, particularly those based on cereal grains. Finally, the prevention by soya formulas of diarrhea induced by phototherapy is interesting, but its overall metabolic implications need further study.