HMOS IN INFANTS HMOs are complex carbohydrates that act as natural prebiotics (1, 2). Already around 1930, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) were identified as the most important bifidogenic factor in human milk (3). Accumulating scientific evidence suggests that exposure to HMOs after birth has both immediate as well as long-term consequences to infant health and … Continue reading Human milk oligosaccharides are detected in utero: new opportunities for these naturally-occurring prebiotics to impact infant and maternal health