HVN Natural Protection of Milk Metadata Record

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Description: Miraka, in partnership with AgResearch, is developing products that are safe to consume and retain the natural traits of unprocessed milk to deliver added health benefits to the consumer.

In this project, researchers at AgResearch identified a pre-clinical gastrointestinal model for demonstrating that a dietary component in early life could reduce the risk of allergy development. This model was used to research mechanisms by which unprocessed milks elicit a reduction in allergy development, along with identifying potential biomarkers that can be used in human clinical trials to assess prototype products.

The research demonstrated that drinking raw farm milk modulates local and systemic immune responses differently compared with consuming standard commercially processed milk.