Modern trends in domestic baby nutrition industry of female milk substitute manufacture

The analytical method has been used to study the ingredient composition of breast milk substitutes (BMS) and the possibility of domestic manufacture of such products in the Russian Federation. Nearly 40% of newborns are breastfed up to the age of 3-6 months, and nearly 30% of babies - up to the age of 12 months in the Russian Federation. Modern technologies for manufacturing BMS are aimed at adapting the milk mixture composition to the human milk composition. The native components that increase the biological value of BMS include minor milk proteins, biologically active peptides, phospholipids, etc. For example, α-lactalbumin is a protein included in this group, since its content in cow’s milk protein is only 3% compared to 28% in human milk protein. Domestic production of minor ingredients for BMS is restricted. This fact results in importing the necessary ingredients for BMS production as well as finished modern multicomponent adapted initial and subsequent milk formulas for feeding infants during their first 12 months of life. The imports of these products has amounted up to 43.6 thousand tons in 2018, 36.5 thousand tons in 2019 and 31.3 thousand tons in 2020. Moreover, these products are 30% more expensive than the Russian ones, there is also a danger of both their microbiological contamination and sanction imposition. To solve these problems, the Government of the Russian Federation initiated implementing a comprehensive scientific and technical project of a full innovative cycle “Development of pilot production of domestic protein components being the basis of dry dairy products for newborn and children nutrition”. The project is based on patented methods for processing raw cow’s milk, which simultaneously purify it from extraneous microflora and extract minor components. At the same time, the main composition and properties of milk are preserved, which makes it suitable for subsequent processing for food purposes.