# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 of 25 September 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formula and as regards requirements on information relating to infant and young child feeding (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.2: Infant formula manufactured from soya protein isolates, alone or in a mixture with cows' milk or goats' milk proteins

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Minimum
Maximum
0,54 g/100 kJ
0,67 g/100 kJ
(2,25 g/100 kcal)
(2,8 g/100 kcal)
Only protein isolates from soya shall be used in manufacturing this infant formula.
For an equal energy value, infant formula manufactured from soya protein isolates, alone or in a mixture with cows' milk or goats' milk proteins, must contain an available quantity of each indispensable and conditionally indispensable amino acid at least equal to that contained in the reference protein as set out in Section A of Annex III. Nevertheless, for calculation purposes, the concentration of methionine and cysteine may be added together if the methionine:cysteine ratio is not greater than 2, and the concentration of phenylalanine and tyrosine may be added together if the tyrosine:phenylalanine ratio is not greater than 2. The ratio of methionine:cysteine and of tyrosine:phenylalanine may be greater than 2, provided that the suitability of the product concerned for infants is demonstrated in accordance with Article 3(3).
The L-carnitine content shall be at least equal to 0,3 mg/100 kJ (1,2 mg/100 kcal).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/127/annex/I/division/2/division/2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-127/annex-I/division-2/division-2.2
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