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  • Title: Whey protein hydrolysate formula for infants with gastrointestinal intolerance to cow milk and soy protein in infant formulas.
    Author: Merritt RJ, Carter M, Haight M, Eisenberg LD.
    Journal: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr; 1990 Jul; 11(1):78-82. PubMed ID: 2388135.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-one infants less than 6 months of age with gastrointestinal symptoms of cow milk and/or soy protein-based infant formula intolerance (diarrhea in 14, hematochezia in 16, emesis in 8, failure to thrive in 4, and colic in 10) were treated clinically with a whey protein hydrolysate formula. Six patients improved when placed directly on the formula, and 15 remained asymptomatic or improved when given the whey hydrolysate formula following initial treatment with a casein hydrolysate or elemental formula. Eighteen had supporting evidence of an allergic basis for their symptoms, including a family history of allergies in 6, a clinical challenge with the offending formula in 1, laboratory tests consistent with atopy in 11, and/or rectal biopsy with histologic allergic features in 7. The whey hydrolysate formula may be an acceptable alternative to soy or casein hydrolysate formulas in most infants with gastrointestinal symptoms of cow milk and/or formula intolerance.
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