Growth, Bone Health, and Cognition: Nutritional Evaluation of a Sustainable Ocean-Based Advance Protein Powder (APP)

ABSTRACT

This study evaluated an alternative ocean-based fish protein, Advanced Protein Powder (APP) as a feasible, environmentally sustainable protein source to reduce childhood malnutrition. We completed a rodent feeding study to evaluate growth and development in young growing mice on a purified diet containing APP as compared to mice-fed diets using other common protein sources – casein, whey, and soy. Results suggested APP to be an effective and safe protein source and ensured normal body growth, bone development, and brain function in APP diet-fed mice. Evidence provided in this study supports considering the use of APP to reduce malnutrition among children worldwide.

KEYWORDS:

• Advance protein powder
• sustainable protein source
• child malnutrition
• bone density
• cognitive function

Acknowledgments

We are grateful for the technical support that we have received from the Skeletal Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University for measuring bone density and bone quality. We are also thankful to Dr Kathy Magnusson, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University for conducting Water Maze Test for measuring the cognitive functions in mice. The supply of APP by Advance International, Inc (174 Lawrence Drive Unit J, Livermore, CA USA 94551) for this study is greatly appreciated.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. Work described in this report has not been published elsewhere, and it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Although this study was supported by the funds from the Advance International Inc. through an OSU Foundation grant, the authors of this study have no direct financial relationship with Advance International Inc. The authors do not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest that may bias their work or could be perceived to bias their work.

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Funding

Funding for this study was provided by the Oregon State University Foundation (Marine-Based Protein Research Fund) and College of Public Health and Human Sciences (Dean’s Excellence Fund).