[Dietary therapy used for food allergy in infants and young children].

Cow's milk proteins and egg white are the main allergens that evoke food allergy in infancy. Breast feeding is a way to protect the infants against food allergy, even when allergy symptoms occur. Elimination of cow's milk products and eggs from the mothers diet usually results in alleviation of these symptoms. Formula-fed infants with allergy symptoms are treated with hypoantigenic and hypoallergenic products. The properties of these treatment diets are described.