Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Riboflavin and Vitamin C: Effects of Different Storage Conditions of Human Milk

This study addresses a matter of importance for: healthy infants; sick infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units; infants fed expressed human milk and infants who receive milk from Human Milk Banks. Current storage parameters for freezing of mother’s milk are not well established and are often contradictory. Pooled fresh human milk was stored raw, in nitrogen gas and following Holder pasteurization for 6 days at 4oC and for 6 months at -20oC and at -80oC.