According to the Nestle website: "Alfaré® is an extensively hydrolysed, clinically proven, hypoallergenic Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP). It is for the dietary management of multiple forms of food hypersensitivity with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, including cow’s milk protein allergy (CMA), chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption. It is suitable from birth onwards."