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Our range of immune-nurturing specialty formulas with 2’-fucosyllactose (2’FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) are tailored to the needs of infants with cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) and/or multiple food allergies. Explore our products here.
The Burden of CMPA Symptoms
Symptoms are wide ranging and vary in severity. Many are also seen in healthy babies and are completely normal (e.g. spitting up and loose stools), making CMPA difficult to diagnose. Infants with CMPA typically have more than two symptoms, affecting more than two organ systems, and it may impact growth and development if not diagnosed early or properly managed:1-4
Skin symptoms
(e.g. eczema, urticaria...)
Gastrointestinal symptoms
(e.g. vomiting, diarrhoea...)
Respiratory symptoms
(e.g. wheezing...)
General symptoms
(e.g. failure to thrive, inconsolable crying...)
Disruption to the Immune System
Cow’s milk protein allergy is an immune-mediated disease resulting from an abnormal immune response to cow’s milk proteins. CMPA is also associated with an increased gut permeability and altered gut microbiota composition (dysbiosis), which affects the maturation of infants’ immune systems and increases their risk of developing infections and future allergies:5-12
Recurrent ear infections
during childhood 11,12
Respiratory tract infections in
first two years of life 10
Asthma, eczema, allergic
rhinitis 12
Our Solutions for Effective Symptom Relief
CMPA is managed by eliminating cow’s milk proteins from the diet. When a breastfed infant is diagnosed with CMPA, the mother should be encouraged to continue breastfeeding while excluding cow’s milk from her diet.1,2 If breastfeeding for any reason is not an option, there are specialty hypoallergenic infant formulas available to provide the solution:
Extensively hydrolysed formulas (eHFs) are those in which the cow’s milk proteins have been extensively hydrolysed or “broken down” into small peptides, so that they are hypoallergenic.1-3 Althéra® HMO and Alfaré® HMO are tolerated by >98% of infants with CMPA.13-15
Amino acid-based formulas (AAFs) contain free amino acids. As they contain no cow’s milk protein, AAFs such as Alfamino® HMO are recommended in infants with severe symptoms of CMPA and/or multiple food allergies.1-3
HMO: Breast Milk’s Immune-Nurturing Components
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are the third most abundant solid component in breast milk.16,17 2’-fucosyllactose (2’FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) are two of the most significant HMO.18
Our Solutions Now Contain 2’FL & LNnT*
Althéra® HMO, Alfaré® HMO and Alfamino® HMO are now supplemented with 2’FL and LNnT, structurally identical to two significant HMO*.18 Our clinical trials have shown that supplementation of infant formulas with 2’FL and LNnT resulted in :19-21
Reduction in upper and lower
respiratory tract infections
Reduction in antibiotic and antipyretic use
Gut microbiota composition closer to that of healthy infants
OUR RANGE OF SOLUTIONS
Alfaré ® HMO is the first choice for GI impaired infants and young children with CMPA and/or food intolerance.
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Alfamino ® HMO is the first choice for infants and young children with severe CMPA and/or multiple food allergies.
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Alfamino ® Junior HMO is the first choice for infant and young children with severe CMPA and/or multiple food allergies after 1 year of age.
Discover Alfamino Jr® HMO*Structurally identical Human Milk Oligosaccharides are not sourced from human milk.
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- Vandenplas Y, et al. Growth, tolerance and safety of an extensively hydrolyzed formula containing two human milk oligosaccharides in infants with cow’s milk protein allergy. Abstract presented at PAAM. Florence, Italy, October 19, 2019.