INSC Resources
Curated and community-submitted resources
INSC Downloads
INSC Informational Flyer
One-page overview of the Infant Nutrition Science Coalition (INSC): mission, focus areas, current initiatives, and how to get involved.
Mind the Gap – Identifying Language Barriers between Translational Science and Regulators
Poster presented at IMGC 2025 Symposium examining how differences in scientific and regulatory language affect the safety evaluation of innovative milk-derived ingredients for infant formula, using recombinant human lactoferrin and bovine osteopontin as case studies.
Scientific Considerations for Evaluating Functional Ingredients in Infant Formula: Outcomes of the INSC Workshop
Poster presented at ASN NUTRITION 2026 and the IMGC 2026 Symposium sharing early results from the March 2-3, 2026 workshop.
Featured Resources
The following resources include federal agency initiatives and announcements, major scientific initiatives, authoritative documents and position statements, and select peer-reviewed publications that align with INSC’s mission and research priorities.
Government Initiatives and Announcements
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Operation Stork Speed
- Federal Register: Infant Formula Nutrient Requirements; Request for Information Public Comments
- Infant Formula Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Advancing Nutrition Research to Inform Regulatory Practice - NIH highlighted topics for investigator-initiated applications.
- Breastfeeding and Breast Milk
- Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) Project
- Human Milk Composition Initiative (HMCI)
- Office of Nutrition Research Strategic Plan
Leading Research Initiatives
Key Guidelines & Reports
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Protein Quality and Growth Monitoring Studies to Satisfy Quality Factor Requirements for Infant Formula
- Challenges in Supply, Market Competition, and Regulation of Infant Formula in the United States
- Feeding Infants and Children from Birth to 24 Months: Summarizing Existing Guidance
- Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Featured Publications
- Bremer, 2026 – Human Milk Biology: Illuminating the Path Toward the Next Generation of Infant Formula
- Bremer et al., 2026 – NIH-FDA Nutrition Regulatory Science Workshop: advancing research and policy
- Advances in Nutrition supplement, 2026 – Food and Drug Administration Expert Panel on Infant Formula "Operation Stork Speed"
- Advances in Nutrition supplement, 2025 – Reference Values for Nutrients in Human Milk: Results of the Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study
- Callahan et al., 2022 – Assessing the safety of bioactive ingredients in infant formula that affect the immune system: recommendations from an expert panel