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. 2021 Sep 21;8:652641. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.652641

Table 4.

Energy ratio of standard fortified breast milk (median) compared to ESPGHAN recommendation achieved with *150 mL/kg/d milk intake, carbs, carbohydrate; P:E ratio, protein to energy ratio; Carbs/NPE, carbohydrate energy per non-protein energy.

ESPGHAN targets Standard fortifier by non-protein composition
Low-fat/high-carbs Medium-fat/medium-carbs High-fat/low-carbs
Energy (kcal)* 130 119–122 117–122 114–119
P:E ratio (g/100 kcal) 3.5 2.6–2.8 2.7–3.2 2.8–3.5
Carbs/NPE (%) 47 54–55 45–49 41