Dairy product and process

A non-therapeutic method for treating a healthy subject, the method comprising administering an effective amount of

• a) a sialyloligosaccharide-enriched composition, comprising on a dry solids basis
• i) at least about 5% by weight total sialyloligosaccharides comprising
• at least about 5% 3′-sialyllactose by weight of total sialyloligosaccharides,
• at least about 2% 6′-sialyllactose by weight of total sialyloligosaccharides,
• at least about 0.01% disialyllactose by weight of total sialyloligosaccharides,
• at least about 0.01% sialyllactosamine by weight of total sialyloligosaccharides, and
• ii) at least about 0.5% by weight free sialic acid,
• iii) at least about 0.2% by weight neutral oligosaccharides,
• iv) less than about 25% by weight protein and non-protein nitrogen,
• v) less than about 80% by weight sugars not including sialyllactose, and
• vi) less than about 5% by weight ash, or
• b) a composition formulated to comprise:
• i) 3′-sialyllactose and 6′-sialyllactose in a ratio of from 10:1 to about 1.5:1 3′-sialyllactose to 6′-sialyllactose, and
• ii) at least about 0.001% by weight sialyllactosamine on a dry solids basis
• wherein the composition of b) is an infant formula, a follow-on formula, a growing-up formula, a paediatric formula, a human milk fortifier, a maternal supplement, a maternal nutritional formulation, a fermented food, an acidified milk drink, or a medical food;
• wherein the compositions of a) and b) comprise non-human protein, and/or one or more ingredients derived from non-human milk, and
• wherein administering the composition of a) or b) results in
• A) maintaining or increasing cognitive development,
• B) maintaining or increasing cognitive performance,
• C) maintaining or increasing learning, memory or attention span,
• D) maintaining or increasing ability to cope with stress,
• E) maintaining or increasing the level of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM),
• F) maintaining or increasing synaptogenesis, or
• G) a combination of any two or more of A) to F).