Patent ID: 8691213

Claim:
A method of treating a person suffering from eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma or cow's milk allergy comprising administering to said person a milk protein-free composition comprising effective amounts of: (a) a protein-free portion consisting of: (i) free amino acids as the sole source of amino acids in the protein-free portion, wherein the free amino acids comprise at least alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, and glutamine, (ii) fatty acids comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA), (iii) digestible carbohydrates, and (iv) indigestible carbohydrates obtained from a milk protein-free source; and (b) Bifidobacteria obtained from a milk-protein-free culture; wherein the milk protein-free composition is free of protein fragments of milk, and other than (b) is essentially free of intact proteins.