Composition for an infant formula having a low threonine content

摘要

A composition for an infant formula which comprises a low threonine content; a method of producing the composition; use of the composition in the manufacture of a medicament or nutritional product for addressing the nutritional needs and providing healthy growth of an infant; and a method of addressing the nutritional needs and providing healthy growth of an infant which comprises administering an effective amount of the composition. A preferred embodiment of the composition comprises all of: i) acid whey protein or sweet whey protein from which caseino-glyco-macropeptide has been removed; and ii) free arginine; and iii) free histidine; and iv) free tyrosine or free tryptophan or tryptophan rich milk protein or a mixture thereof.