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(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To focus on the effective use of dietary protein, which has been difficult in conventional formulas, to improve the nutritional effect of formula formulas, and to activate immunity that tends to decrease in newborns and infants. The purpose is to do. The present inventors have assiduously studied to increase the level of urea nitrogen in blood, which is an indicator of dietary protein excess, by adding crystalline glutamine, which is a major amino acid in intracellular fluid, to formula milk powder. And promoted growth and stimulated immune function. That is, the present invention relates to an infant formula containing glutamine and / or a peptide containing glutamine, wherein the content of the glutamine and / or the peptide containing glutamine is determined by the content of the protein in the prepared milk powder. On the other hand, it contains 5-170% by weight as glutamine. The glutamine-containing peptide preferably has a molecular weight of 2000 or less. |