Infant formula with free amino acids and nucleotides

This invention relates to a non-milk based hypoallergenic infant-formula for "at-risk" infants no more than one year old, who have a documented milk allergy, such as cow's milk allergy ("CMA"), and/or an allergy to protein in "soy milk". By "non-milk based" is meant that no ingredient of the formula is derived from mammalian milk. Because typically, such infants have acquired digestive or absorption problems, the only source of protein in the formula is to be from free amino acids, and the formula is to be storable in powder form but have specified deliverability. By "specified deliverability" is meant that the powder is solubilized in an essentially homogeneous liquid form within less than 30 secs when a unit dosage amount of 32.6 gm of the powder is manually shaken with water at 35° C. in a bottle containing 240 ml (8 fl oz) of water. By "solubilized" is meant that the powder is either soluble in water or forms an emulsion in water forming a liquid having physical characteristics analogous to those of human milk. A fat-rich powder provides the complete nutritional needs of an at-risk infant no more than one year old, who has acquired a milk allergy, such as cow's milk allergy ("CMA"), and/or an allergy to protein in "soy milk", as well as digestive or absorption problems resulting in a damaged gut. Because such an infant must derive all its protein from amino acids it is not fed any ingredient derived from mammalian milk, but a combination of amino acids with nucleotides in specified amounts along with free L-glutamine, maintaining specified ratios of their relative amounts, which ratios in the ranges stated are found to be beneficial for healing of the infant's damaged gut, and for promoting cell division to assure its normal growth. A typical feeding of 32.6 gm of the powder delivers 160 cals; the powder, including triglycerides of relatively long chain fatty acids which contribute about 50% of the total caloric content of the powder, is nevertheless solubilized when the powder is manually shaken at 35° C. in a bottle containing 240 ml (8 fl oz) of water.