Patent ID: 8580316

Claim:
A method for the treatment of an inflammatory disease, diarrhea, eczema and/or atopic dermatitis, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an infant formula composition comprising fat, carbohydrate, protein, (a) whey and casein in a weight ratio of casein to whey from 1:1 to 1:2.4, and (b) 2 to 12 grams of a combination of neutral and acidic indigestible oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerization of 2 to 100 per 100 gram dry weight of the composition, wherein 1 to 10 grams of the combination comprises acidic oligosaccharides, and wherein the neutral indigestible oligosaccharides comprise galactooligosaccharides (GOS) and fructooligosaccharides (FOS) in a GOS: FOS weight ratio of 9:1.