Formula milks for CMPA
Formula milks for CMPA
Most children grow out of CMPA. If they are using formula, they may be prescribed specifically designed milks such as those below. Using soy-based formula as first line dietary management should be avoided in the first six months of life.23
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- Extensively hydrolysed cows' milk protein-based formula (eHF) - first-line dietary option for infants and young children with mild to moderate symptoms21,22
- Complete nutritional support from birth or supplementary feeding from 6 months to 3 years of age
- Halal certified and suitable for vegetarian diet.*
*400 g tin only
- Amino acid-based formula (AAF) - first-line dietary option for infants and young children with severe symptoms such as those with a history of anaphylaxis and severe gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly in association with faltering growth24
- Complete nutritional support from birth or supplementary feeding from 6 months to 3 years of age
- Halal certified and suitable for vegetarian diet.*
*400 g tin only
- Soy-based formula (SF) - may be used for babies from 6 months with cows' milk protein allergy when soya is being used/considered for the weaning diet. Although not routinely recommended for infants under 6 months old, it may be used in babies younger than 6 months who refuse extensively hydrolysed milk, children with vegan mothers, and infants with galactosaemia23*
- SMA® Soya® is the only soya-based formula available in the UK & Ireland
- Lactose- and sucrose-free
- Halal certified and suitable for vegetarians.
*if not sensitised to soya on IgE testing
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