Nutritive Effects of a Cow's Milk Based Formula Fed to Young Children

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health child, 4-5 years of age
• Born as full-term (Gestational age of 37-42 weeks)
• Consumed cow's milk or a cow's milk-based beverage during the 48 hours prior to the baseline visit
• Parents or legal guardian agrees not to feed child any food products or supplements containing probiotics or prebiotics
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History or known or suspected cow milk protein intolerance
• Child who has received any food product ot supplement containing probiotics or prebiotics (with the exception of yogurt) in the 15 days prior to the baseline visit
• Serious concurrent illness that will interfere in the general management of the child
• History of underlying metabolic or chronic disease, congenital malformation, or immunocompromised
• Child's z-score of weight for height at baseline is < -3 according to WHO criteria