Patent ID: 8715769
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A23C,A23L,A23V,A23Y,A61K,A61P,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for treating and/or preventing atopic dermatitis in an infant delivered by caesarean section, the method comprising feeding the infant a composition comprising: (a) intact and/or hydrolyzed protein and (b) 0.5 to 75 g of a non-digestible neutral oligosaccharide per 100 g dry weight of the composition, wherein the non-digestible neutral oligosaccharide consists of galacto-oligosaccharides, and, optionally, non-digestible dextrins, xylo-oligosaccharides, arabino-oligosaccharides, gluco-oligosaccharides, chito-oligosaccharides, fuco-oligosaccharides, manno-oligosaccharides, isomalto-oligosaccharides, fructo-oligosaccharides, arabinogalacto-oligosaccharides, glucomanno-oligosaccharides and/or galactomanno-oligosaccharides, wherein (i) at least 50% of the saccharide units of the galacto-oligosaccharide are galactose units, thereby treating and/or preventing atopic dermatitis.