Oxygen Exposure Influences Microbial, Nutritional and Olfactory Characteristics of Expressed Breast Milk During Storage.

Powell et al. (2026): Oxygen exposure and expressed breast milk storage Source data, analysis code and statistical outputs for: Powell M, Gurr C, Jones S, O'Driscoll T, Ames R, Durmaz A, Thompson W, Eaton S, Bajaj-Elliott M, Mapstone L. Oxygen Exposure Influences Microbial, Nutritional and Olfactory Characteristics of Expressed Breast Milk During Storage. Frontiers in Nutrion, 2026. This repository holds the complete data and analyses underlying the figures and results reported in the paper. The study compared expressed breast milk (EBM) stored under reduced-oxygen and aerobic conditions for bacterial viability, total antioxidant capacity, vitamin C, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) and olfactory characteristics.