Garlic Aroma In Breast Milk

The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) chemists have found that garlic aroma is showing up in the breast milk of women who have consumed garlic. The cause of this is by allyl methyl sulfide (AMS), which is a metabolite that is first formed in a strong concentration during breastfeeding. It is not known if the aroma has an impact on which food preferences children develop or whether they like garlic in later life. This needs to be clarified by further research. These results have been published in the online journal Metabolites by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).

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