Roggero, Paola
Liotto, Nadia
Pozzi, Chiara http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-6130
Braga, Daniele http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-8425
Troisi, Jacopo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-7379
Menis, Camilla
Giannì, Maria Lorella http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3901-9131
Berni Canani, Roberto
Paparo, Lorella
Nocerino, Rita
Budelli, Andrea
Mosca, Fabio
Rescigno, Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-509X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Heinz Italia S.p.A.
Article History
Received: 3 January 2019
Accepted: 5 May 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Competing interests
: This work was sponsored by Heinz Italia S.p.A. As an employee of Heinz Italia S.p.A., A.B. has contributed technologically in adapting the fermentation process to the generation of the fermented formula for infant use, and the sponsor has provided the two formulas (standard and fermented) for the study. Moreover, the sponsor has contributed funding for biological assays, including ELISA, kits and –OMICS analyses. A.B. did not play any role in study design, analysis or writing of the paper (except for the methodological section on the formulas). The remaining authors declare no competing interests.