Dear Colleagues,

Plant-based milk alternatives have attracted significant interest in the last decade for use as potential climate-friendly and allergen-free alternatives to cow’s milk. Understanding the impact of the shift from cow’s milk-based beverages and infant formulas to non-dairy alternatives is central to prevent new allergies and promote health. The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the development, properties, and application of both dairy and non-dairy cow’s milk alternatives in the management and prevention of food allergy. This Special Issue is dedicated to the following topics:

• Food allergy to milk alternatives
• Characterization of allergens in milk alternatives
• Allergenicity assessment of milk alternatives
• Non-cow’s milk dairy infant formulas
• Plant-based infant formulas
• Management of cow’s milk allergy by milk alternatives
• Prevention of allergies by milk alternatives

We invite original articles, reviews, and short communications, for this Special Issue to create a broad, yet concise, overview of the developments and consolidate the current state-of-the-art knowledge.

Dr. Katrine Lindholm Bøgh
Dr. Jeppe Madura Larsen
Guest Editors

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• cow’s milk alternatives
• plant-based milk alternatives
• infant formula
• food allergy
• food allergy prevention
• food allergy management
• allergens
• plant-based beverage